diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3e192a3d5..0f1d02b47 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ ref-cast = { version = "1.0.24" }
 reflink-copy = { version = "0.1.19" }
 regex = { version = "1.10.6" }
 regex-automata = { version = "0.4.8", default-features = false, features = ["dfa-build", "dfa-search", "perf", "std", "syntax"] }
-reqwest = { version = "=0.12.15", default-features = false, features = ["json", "gzip", "stream", "rustls-tls", "rustls-tls-native-roots", "socks", "multipart", "http2", "blocking"] }
+reqwest = { version = "=0.12.15", default-features = false, features = ["json", "gzip", "deflate", "zstd", "stream", "rustls-tls", "rustls-tls-native-roots", "socks", "multipart", "http2", "blocking"] }
 reqwest-middleware = { version = "0.4.0", features = ["multipart"] }
 reqwest-retry = { version = "0.7.0" }
 rkyv = { version = "0.8.8", features = ["bytecheck"] }
diff --git a/crates/uv-client/src/registry_client.rs b/crates/uv-client/src/registry_client.rs
index 9e8ea23b7..7dbdf7e49 100644
--- a/crates/uv-client/src/registry_client.rs
+++ b/crates/uv-client/src/registry_client.rs
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ impl RegistryClient {
         let simple_request = self
             .uncached_client(url)
             .get(Url::from(url.clone()))
-            .header("Accept-Encoding", "gzip")
+            .header("Accept-Encoding", "gzip, deflate, zstd")
             .header("Accept", MediaType::accepts())
             .build()
             .map_err(|err| ErrorKind::from_reqwest(url.clone(), err))?;