diff --git a/compress/compress_test.go b/compress/compress_test.go
index e4d2426d2..1da841227 100644
--- a/compress/compress_test.go
+++ b/compress/compress_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package compress_test
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	stdgzip "compress/gzip"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
@@ -16,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"text/tabwriter"
 	"time"
 
+	gz "github.com/klauspost/compress/gzip"
 	"github.com/segmentio/kafka-go"
 	pkg "github.com/segmentio/kafka-go/compress"
 	"github.com/segmentio/kafka-go/compress/gzip"
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ func BenchmarkCompression(b *testing.B) {
 	}
 	defer f.Close()
 
-	z, err := stdgzip.NewReader(f)
+	z, err := gz.NewReader(f)
 	if err != nil {
 		b.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -366,8 +366,6 @@ func BenchmarkCompression(b *testing.B) {
 		fmt.Println(ts)
 	}()
 
-	b.ResetTimer()
-
 	for i := range benchmarks {
 		benchmark := &benchmarks[i]
 		ratio := 0.0
@@ -389,6 +387,7 @@ func benchmarkCompression(b *testing.B, codec pkg.Codec, buf *bytes.Buffer, payl
 	b.Run("compress", func(b *testing.B) {
 		compressed = true
 		r := bytes.NewReader(payload)
+		b.ReportAllocs()
 
 		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
 			buf.Reset()
@@ -422,7 +421,7 @@ func benchmarkCompression(b *testing.B, codec pkg.Codec, buf *bytes.Buffer, payl
 
 	b.Run("decompress", func(b *testing.B) {
 		c := bytes.NewReader(buf.Bytes())
-
+		b.ReportAllocs()
 		for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
 			c.Reset(buf.Bytes())
 			r := codec.NewReader(c)
diff --git a/compress/gzip/gzip.go b/compress/gzip/gzip.go
index 64da3129d..ad5009c39 100644
--- a/compress/gzip/gzip.go
+++ b/compress/gzip/gzip.go
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 package gzip
 
 import (
-	"compress/gzip"
 	"io"
 	"sync"
+
+	"github.com/klauspost/compress/gzip"
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e3cd2c03e..396d1a947 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/segmentio/kafka-go
 go 1.15
 
 require (
-	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.15.7
+	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.15.9
 	github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 v4.1.15
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0
 	github.com/xdg/scram v1.0.5
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 3adcc8973..b3a030b67 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
-github.com/klauspost/compress v1.15.7 h1:7cgTQxJCU/vy+oP/E3B9RGbQTgbiVzIJWIKOLoAsPok=
-github.com/klauspost/compress v1.15.7/go.mod h1:PhcZ0MbTNciWF3rruxRgKxI5NkcHHrHUDtV4Yw2GlzU=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.15.9 h1:wKRjX6JRtDdrE9qwa4b/Cip7ACOshUI4smpCQanqjSY=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.15.9/go.mod h1:PhcZ0MbTNciWF3rruxRgKxI5NkcHHrHUDtV4Yw2GlzU=
 github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 v4.1.15 h1:MO0/ucJhngq7299dKLwIMtgTfbkoSPF6AoMYDd8Q4q0=
 github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 v4.1.15/go.mod h1:gZWDp/Ze/IJXGXf23ltt2EXimqmTUXEy0GFuRQyBid4=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
diff --git a/gzip/gzip.go b/gzip/gzip.go
index 2ad84b500..230e4539e 100644
--- a/gzip/gzip.go
+++ b/gzip/gzip.go
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
 package gzip
 
 import (
-	gz "compress/gzip"
-
+	gz "github.com/klauspost/compress/gzip"
 	"github.com/segmentio/kafka-go/compress/gzip"
 )