diff --git a/msa/js-executor/config/default.yml b/msa/js-executor/config/default.yml
index 0e15413e31..f5bde183e4 100644
--- a/msa/js-executor/config/default.yml
+++ b/msa/js-executor/config/default.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ kafka:
   partitions_consumed_concurrently: "1" # (EXPERIMENTAL) increase this value if you are planning to handle more than one partition (scale up, scale down) - this will decrease the latency
   requestTimeout: "30000" # The default value in kafkajs is: 30000
   connectionTimeout: "1000" # The default value in kafkajs is: 1000
-  compression: "gzip" # gzip or uncompressed
+  compression: "none" # gzip or uncompressed
   topic_properties: "retention.ms:604800000;segment.bytes:52428800;retention.bytes:104857600;partitions:100;min.insync.replicas:1"
   use_confluent_cloud: false
   client_id: "kafkajs" #inject pod name to easy identify the client using /opt/kafka/bin/kafka-consumer-groups.sh