diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b5d617a..4604603 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [0.17.3] - 2025-11-27
+
+### Features
+
+- Compress zarr traces with zstd (Adrian Seyboldt)
+
+
 ## [0.17.2] - 2025-11-27
 
 ### Bug Fixes
@@ -13,6 +20,8 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 - Update pulp dependency (Adrian Seyboldt)
 
+- Prepare release (Adrian Seyboldt)
+
 
 ## [0.17.1] - 2025-11-13
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6aa9f1a..e1ced60 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "nuts-rs"
-version = "0.17.2"
+version = "0.17.3"
 authors = [
   "Adrian Seyboldt <adrian.seyboldt@gmail.com>",
   "PyMC Developers <pymc.devs@gmail.com>",
diff --git a/src/storage/zarr/common.rs b/src/storage/zarr/common.rs
index 042b148..38c33b2 100644
--- a/src/storage/zarr/common.rs
+++ b/src/storage/zarr/common.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use std::{collections::HashMap, num::NonZero};
 
 use anyhow::Result;
 use nuts_storable::{ItemType, Value};
+use zarrs::array::codec::{BloscCodec, BloscCodecConfiguration, BloscCodecConfigurationV1};
 use zarrs::array::{Array, ArrayBuilder, DataType, FillValue};
 use zarrs::metadata_ext::data_type::NumpyTimeUnit;
 
@@ -232,7 +233,30 @@ pub fn create_arrays<TStorage: ?Sized>(
             .chain(std::iter::once(draw_chunk_size))
             .chain(extra_shape)
             .collect();
+
+        let codec = {
+            if let Some(typesize) = zarr_type.fixed_size() {
+                let config = BloscCodecConfiguration::V1(BloscCodecConfigurationV1 {
+                    cname: zarrs::array::codec::BloscCompressor::Zstd,
+                    clevel: 3u8.try_into().unwrap(),
+                    shuffle: zarrs::array::codec::BloscShuffleMode::Shuffle,
+                    blocksize: 0,
+                    typesize: Some(typesize),
+                });
+                BloscCodec::new_with_configuration(&config)?
+            } else {
+                let config = BloscCodecConfiguration::V1(BloscCodecConfigurationV1 {
+                    cname: zarrs::array::codec::BloscCompressor::Zstd,
+                    clevel: 3u8.try_into().unwrap(),
+                    shuffle: zarrs::array::codec::BloscShuffleMode::NoShuffle,
+                    blocksize: 0,
+                    typesize: None,
+                });
+                BloscCodec::new_with_configuration(&config)?
+            }
+        };
         let array = ArrayBuilder::new(shape, grid, zarr_type, fill_value)
+            .bytes_to_bytes_codecs(vec![Arc::new(codec)])
             .dimension_names(Some(dims))
             .build(store.clone(), &format!("{}/{}", group_path, name))?;
         arrays.insert(name.to_string(), array);