diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index da155d76..b61a51c4 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -20,3 +20,4 @@ sentry-kafka-schemas==2.1.2
 sentry-sdk>=2.36.0
 sortedcontainers>=2.4.0
 typing-extensions>=4.15.0
+zipfile-zstd==0.0.4
diff --git a/src/launchpad/__init__.py b/src/launchpad/__init__.py
index f102a9ca..de83ada5 100644
--- a/src/launchpad/__init__.py
+++ b/src/launchpad/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
+# Monkey patches - import these first to register handlers globally
+import zipfile_zstd  # noqa: F401 - Registers zstd compression support with zipfile module. Should not be required after upgrading to python 3.14
+
 __version__ = "0.0.1"
diff --git a/src/launchpad/artifacts/providers/zip_provider.py b/src/launchpad/artifacts/providers/zip_provider.py
index 3ca73be2..8ae8d72a 100644
--- a/src/launchpad/artifacts/providers/zip_provider.py
+++ b/src/launchpad/artifacts/providers/zip_provider.py
@@ -92,12 +92,15 @@ def extract_to_temp_directory(self) -> Path:
         self._temp_dirs.append(temp_dir)
 
         self._safe_extract(str(self.path), str(temp_dir))
-        logger.debug(f"Extracted zip contents to {temp_dir} using system unzip")
+        logger.debug(f"Extracted zip contents to {temp_dir}")
 
         return temp_dir
 
     def _safe_extract(self, zip_path: str, extract_path: str):
-        """Extract the zip contents to a temporary directory, ensuring that the paths are safe from path traversal attacks."""
+        """Extract the zip contents to a temporary directory, ensuring that the paths are safe from path traversal attacks.
+
+        Supports both standard compression methods and Zstandard compression.
+        """
         base_dir = Path(extract_path)
         with zipfile.ZipFile(zip_path, "r") as zip_ref:
             check_reasonable_zip(zip_ref)
diff --git a/tests/unit/artifacts/providers/test_zip_provider.py b/tests/unit/artifacts/providers/test_zip_provider.py
index dee1f9b8..b39a3825 100644
--- a/tests/unit/artifacts/providers/test_zip_provider.py
+++ b/tests/unit/artifacts/providers/test_zip_provider.py
@@ -125,3 +125,22 @@ def test_max_file_size(self, hackernews_xcarchive: Path) -> None:
             # iOS fixture is ~32MB uncompressed, so limit of 10MB should fail
             with pytest.raises(UnreasonableZipError, match="exceeding the limit of 10.0MB"):
                 check_reasonable_zip(zf, max_uncompressed_size=10 * 1024 * 1024)
+
+    def test_extract_zstd_zip(self) -> None:
+        """Test that zstd-compressed zips can be extracted."""
+        with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(suffix=".zip") as temp_file:
+            temp_path = Path(temp_file.name)
+
+            # Create a zstd-compressed zip (compression method 93)
+            with zipfile.ZipFile(temp_path, "w") as zf:
+                zf.writestr("test.txt", "content", compress_type=93)
+
+            try:
+                provider = ZipProvider(temp_path)
+                temp_dir = provider.extract_to_temp_directory()
+
+                assert temp_dir.exists()
+                assert (temp_dir / "test.txt").exists()
+                assert (temp_dir / "test.txt").read_text() == "content"
+            finally:
+                temp_path.unlink(missing_ok=True)