diff --git a/operator/charts/patroni-services/templates/cr.yaml b/operator/charts/patroni-services/templates/cr.yaml
index 1726ca2f..73a0895b 100644
--- a/operator/charts/patroni-services/templates/cr.yaml
+++ b/operator/charts/patroni-services/templates/cr.yaml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ spec:
       {{ toYaml .Values.podLabels | nindent 6 }}
     {{- end }}
     image: {{ template "find_image" (dict "deployName" "postgres_backup_daemon" "SERVICE_NAME" "postgres_backup_daemon" "vals" .Values "default" .Values.backupDaemon.dockerImage) }}
-    compressionLevel: {{ default 5 .Values.backupDaemon.compressionLevel }}
+    compressionLevel: {{ default 9 .Values.backupDaemon.compressionLevel }}
     walArchiving: {{ default false .Values.backupDaemon.walArchiving }}
     granularEviction: {{ .Values.backupDaemon.granularEviction | squote }}
     encryption: {{.Values.backupDaemon.encryption}}
diff --git a/operator/charts/patroni-services/values.schema.json b/operator/charts/patroni-services/values.schema.json
index 3e49d4c3..4559037b 100644
--- a/operator/charts/patroni-services/values.schema.json
+++ b/operator/charts/patroni-services/values.schema.json
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@
         },
         "compressionLevel": {
           "type": "integer",
-          "default": 5
+          "default": 9
         },
         "walArchiving": {
           "type": "boolean",
diff --git a/operator/charts/patroni-services/values.yaml b/operator/charts/patroni-services/values.yaml
index 3513f5da..6c882687 100644
--- a/operator/charts/patroni-services/values.yaml
+++ b/operator/charts/patroni-services/values.yaml
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ backupDaemon:
   # Docker Image that will be used for PostgreSQL Backup Daemon container
   dockerImage: ghcr.io/netcracker/pgskipper-docker-backup-daemon:main
   podLabels: {}
-  compressionLevel: 5
+  compressionLevel: 9
   # If the flag is set as true, the installation procedure will configure Postgres to use the WAL archive and use the backup daemon as storage.
   # This setting can cause major disk usage impact, because each postgres WAL file size is 16MB.
   walArchiving: false
diff --git a/services/backup-daemon/docker/granular/configs.py b/services/backup-daemon/docker/granular/configs.py
index 2a81ab75..4b2a2204 100644
--- a/services/backup-daemon/docker/granular/configs.py
+++ b/services/backup-daemon/docker/granular/configs.py
@@ -149,6 +149,11 @@ def diff_cron_pattern():
 def incr_cron_pattern():
     return os.getenv("INCR_SCHEDULE", "none")
 
+def compression_level():
+    level = os.getenv("COMPRESSION_LEVEL")
+    if level is not None:
+        return int(level)
+    return None
 
 def get_parallel_jobs():
     return os.getenv("JOB_FLAG" , "1")
diff --git a/services/backup-daemon/docker/granular/granular.py b/services/backup-daemon/docker/granular/granular.py
index 690ba3f4..927845a2 100644
--- a/services/backup-daemon/docker/granular/granular.py
+++ b/services/backup-daemon/docker/granular/granular.py
@@ -151,6 +151,9 @@ def schedule_granular_backup(scheduler):
         logging.info('Start schedule granular backup')
         databases = configs.dbs_to_granular_backup()
         backup_request = {'databases': databases, 'namespace': 'schedule'}
+        compression_level = configs.compression_level()
+        if compression_level is not None:
+            backup_request['compression_level'] = str(compression_level)
         items = cron_pattern.split(' ', 5)
         minute, hour, day, month, day_of_week = items[0], items[1], items[2], items[3], items[4]