diff --git a/services/git-bridge/conf/example_config.json b/services/git-bridge/conf/example_config.json
index c716e998b4..715346e57b 100644
--- a/services/git-bridge/conf/example_config.json
+++ b/services/git-bridge/conf/example_config.json
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@
         "lowGiB": 128,
         "highGiB": 256,
         "intervalMillis": 3600000,
-        "compressionMethod": "bzip2"
+        "compressionMethod": "gzip"
     }
 }
diff --git a/services/git-bridge/conf/local.json b/services/git-bridge/conf/local.json
index 17cc37796f..e4f2fdafa9 100644
--- a/services/git-bridge/conf/local.json
+++ b/services/git-bridge/conf/local.json
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@
         "lowGiB": 128,
         "highGiB": 256,
         "intervalMillis": 3600000,
-        "compressionMethod": "bzip2"
+        "compressionMethod": "gzip"
     }
 }