diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 921ffa9eb28..a295b5058fe 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -50,6 +50,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "alloc-no-stdlib"
+version = "2.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cc7bb162ec39d46ab1ca8c77bf72e890535becd1751bb45f64c597edb4c8c6b3"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "alloc-stdlib"
+version = "0.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "94fb8275041c72129eb51b7d0322c29b8387a0386127718b096429201a5d6ece"
+dependencies = [
+ "alloc-no-stdlib",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "allocator-api2"
 version = "0.2.21"
@@ -1382,6 +1397,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "async-compression"
+version = "0.4.27"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ddb939d66e4ae03cee6091612804ba446b12878410cfa17f785f4dd67d4014e8"
+dependencies = [
+ "brotli",
+ "flate2",
+ "futures-core",
+ "memchr",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "async-graphql"
 version = "7.2.1"
@@ -1865,6 +1894,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 2.0.114",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "brotli"
+version = "8.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4bd8b9603c7aa97359dbd97ecf258968c95f3adddd6db2f7e7a5bef101c84560"
+dependencies = [
+ "alloc-no-stdlib",
+ "alloc-stdlib",
+ "brotli-decompressor",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "brotli-decompressor"
+version = "5.0.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "874bb8112abecc98cbd6d81ea4fa7e94fb9449648c93cc89aa40c81c24d7de03"
+dependencies = [
+ "alloc-no-stdlib",
+ "alloc-stdlib",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bs58"
 version = "0.4.0"
@@ -6593,6 +6643,7 @@ version = "0.12.23"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d429f34c8092b2d42c7c93cec323bb4adeb7c67698f70839adec842ec10c7ceb"
 dependencies = [
+ "async-compression",
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "bytes",
  "encoding_rs",
diff --git a/chain/ethereum/src/lib.rs b/chain/ethereum/src/lib.rs
index 8850764d63b..509d239bf01 100644
--- a/chain/ethereum/src/lib.rs
+++ b/chain/ethereum/src/lib.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ mod transport;
 pub use self::capabilities::NodeCapabilities;
 pub use self::ethereum_adapter::EthereumAdapter;
 pub use self::runtime::RuntimeAdapter;
-pub use self::transport::Transport;
+pub use self::transport::{Compression, Transport};
 pub use env::ENV_VARS;
 
 pub use buffered_call_cache::BufferedCallCache;
diff --git a/chain/ethereum/src/network.rs b/chain/ethereum/src/network.rs
index 536f7a8a54d..301068650f8 100644
--- a/chain/ethereum/src/network.rs
+++ b/chain/ethereum/src/network.rs
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@ mod tests {
     use graph::components::network_provider::ProviderManager;
     use graph::components::network_provider::ProviderName;
     use graph::data::value::Word;
+
     use graph::http::HeaderMap;
     use graph::{
         endpoint::EndpointMetrics,
@@ -324,7 +325,9 @@ mod tests {
     };
     use std::sync::Arc;
 
-    use crate::{EthereumAdapter, EthereumAdapterTrait, ProviderEthRpcMetrics, Transport};
+    use crate::{
+        Compression, EthereumAdapter, EthereumAdapterTrait, ProviderEthRpcMetrics, Transport,
+    };
 
     use super::{EthereumNetworkAdapter, EthereumNetworkAdapters, NodeCapabilities};
 
@@ -394,6 +397,7 @@ mod tests {
             HeaderMap::new(),
             metrics.clone(),
             "",
+            Compression::None,
         );
         let provider_metrics = Arc::new(ProviderEthRpcMetrics::new(mock_registry.clone()));
 
@@ -497,6 +501,7 @@ mod tests {
             HeaderMap::new(),
             metrics.clone(),
             "",
+            Compression::None,
         );
         let provider_metrics = Arc::new(ProviderEthRpcMetrics::new(mock_registry.clone()));
 
@@ -568,6 +573,7 @@ mod tests {
             HeaderMap::new(),
             metrics.clone(),
             "",
+            Compression::None,
         );
         let provider_metrics = Arc::new(ProviderEthRpcMetrics::new(mock_registry.clone()));
 
@@ -632,6 +638,7 @@ mod tests {
             HeaderMap::new(),
             metrics.clone(),
             "",
+            Compression::None,
         );
         let provider_metrics = Arc::new(ProviderEthRpcMetrics::new(mock_registry.clone()));
 
@@ -919,6 +926,7 @@ mod tests {
             HeaderMap::new(),
             endpoint_metrics.clone(),
             "",
+            Compression::None,
         );
 
         Arc::new(
diff --git a/chain/ethereum/src/transport.rs b/chain/ethereum/src/transport.rs
index d5fac8523bb..2c78b618f95 100644
--- a/chain/ethereum/src/transport.rs
+++ b/chain/ethereum/src/transport.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,27 @@ use alloy::transports::{TransportError, TransportFut};
 
 use graph::prelude::alloy::transports::{http::Http, ipc::IpcConnect, ws::WsConnect};
 
+/// Compression method for RPC requests.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Default, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum Compression {
+    #[default]
+    None,
+    Gzip,
+    Brotli,
+    Deflate,
+}
+
+impl std::fmt::Display for Compression {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            Compression::None => write!(f, "none"),
+            Compression::Gzip => write!(f, "gzip"),
+            Compression::Brotli => write!(f, "brotli"),
+            Compression::Deflate => write!(f, "deflate"),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Abstraction over different transport types for Alloy providers.
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
 pub enum Transport {
@@ -46,11 +67,24 @@ impl Transport {
         headers: graph::http::HeaderMap,
         metrics: Arc<EndpointMetrics>,
         provider: impl AsRef<str>,
+        compression: Compression,
     ) -> Self {
-        let client = reqwest::Client::builder()
-            .default_headers(headers)
-            .build()
-            .expect("Failed to build HTTP client");
+        let mut client_builder = reqwest::Client::builder().default_headers(headers);
+
+        match compression {
+            Compression::None => {}
+            Compression::Gzip => {
+                client_builder = client_builder.gzip(true);
+            }
+            Compression::Brotli => {
+                client_builder = client_builder.brotli(true);
+            }
+            Compression::Deflate => {
+                client_builder = client_builder.deflate(true);
+            }
+        }
+
+        let client = client_builder.build().expect("Failed to build HTTP client");
 
         let http_transport = Http::with_client(client, rpc);
         let metrics_transport = MetricsHttp::new(http_transport, metrics, provider.as_ref().into());
diff --git a/graph/Cargo.toml b/graph/Cargo.toml
index 4b53cbee452..65b24736cce 100644
--- a/graph/Cargo.toml
+++ b/graph/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ chrono = "0.4.43"
 envconfig = { workspace = true }
 Inflector = "0.11.3"
 atty = "0.2"
-reqwest = { version = "0.12.23", features = ["json", "stream", "multipart"] }
+reqwest = { version = "0.12.23", features = ["json", "stream", "multipart", "gzip", "brotli", "deflate"] }
 ethabi = "17.2"
 hex = "0.4.3"
 http0 = { version = "0", package = "http" }
diff --git a/graph/src/components/link_resolver/arweave.rs b/graph/src/components/link_resolver/arweave.rs
index abd3d80a503..a9b66516dee 100644
--- a/graph/src/components/link_resolver/arweave.rs
+++ b/graph/src/components/link_resolver/arweave.rs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ impl Default for ArweaveClient {
 
         Self {
             base_url: "https://arweave.net".parse().unwrap(),
-            client: Client::default(),
+            client: Client::builder().gzip(false).build().unwrap(),
             logger: Logger::root(slog::Discard, o!()),
         }
     }
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ impl ArweaveClient {
         Self {
             base_url,
             logger,
-            client: Client::default(),
+            client: Client::builder().gzip(false).build().unwrap(),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/node/resources/tests/full_config.toml b/node/resources/tests/full_config.toml
index 057e774d93e..69cc0bbe02f 100644
--- a/node/resources/tests/full_config.toml
+++ b/node/resources/tests/full_config.toml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ shard = "primary"
 provider = [
   { label = "mainnet-0", url = "http://rpc.mainnet.io", features = ["archive", "traces"] },
   { label = "mainnet-1", details = { type = "web3call", url = "http://rpc.mainnet.io", features = ["archive", "traces"] }},
+  { label = "mainnet-2", details = { type = "web3", url = "http://rpc.mainnet.io", features = ["archive", "compression/gzip"] }},
   { label = "firehose", details = { type = "firehose", url = "http://localhost:9000", features = [] }},
 ]
 
diff --git a/node/src/chain.rs b/node/src/chain.rs
index b1f2b0709cb..39dc1686853 100644
--- a/node/src/chain.rs
+++ b/node/src/chain.rs
@@ -206,11 +206,13 @@ pub async fn create_ethereum_networks_for_chain(
         }
 
         let logger = logger.new(o!("provider" => provider.label.clone()));
+        let compression = web3.compression();
         info!(
             logger,
             "Creating transport";
             "url" => &web3.url,
-            "capabilities" => capabilities
+            "capabilities" => capabilities,
+            "compression" => compression.to_string()
         );
 
         use crate::config::Transport::*;
@@ -221,6 +223,7 @@ pub async fn create_ethereum_networks_for_chain(
                 web3.headers.clone(),
                 endpoint_metrics.cheap_clone(),
                 &provider.label,
+                compression,
             ),
             Ipc => Transport::new_ipc(&web3.url).await,
             Ws => Transport::new_ws(&web3.url).await,
diff --git a/node/src/config.rs b/node/src/config.rs
index b118f34da57..ad5236cd182 100644
--- a/node/src/config.rs
+++ b/node/src/config.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use graph::{
     },
 };
 use graph_chain_ethereum as ethereum;
-use graph_chain_ethereum::NodeCapabilities;
+use graph_chain_ethereum::{Compression, NodeCapabilities};
 use graph_store_postgres::{DeploymentPlacer, Shard as ShardName, PRIMARY_SHARD};
 
 use graph::http::{HeaderMap, Uri};
@@ -704,12 +704,31 @@ impl Web3Provider {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn compression(&self) -> Compression {
+        if self.features.contains("compression/gzip") {
+            Compression::Gzip
+        } else if self.features.contains("compression/brotli") {
+            Compression::Brotli
+        } else if self.features.contains("compression/deflate") {
+            Compression::Deflate
+        } else {
+            Compression::None
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn limit_for(&self, node: &NodeId) -> SubgraphLimit {
         self.rules.limit_for(node)
     }
 }
 
-const PROVIDER_FEATURES: [&str; 3] = ["traces", "archive", "no_eip1898"];
+const PROVIDER_FEATURES: [&str; 6] = [
+    "traces",
+    "archive",
+    "no_eip1898",
+    "compression/gzip",
+    "compression/brotli",
+    "compression/deflate",
+];
 const DEFAULT_PROVIDER_FEATURES: [&str; 2] = ["traces", "archive"];
 
 impl Provider {
@@ -770,6 +789,18 @@ impl Provider {
                     }
                 }
 
+                let compression_count = web3
+                    .features
+                    .iter()
+                    .filter(|f| f.starts_with("compression/"))
+                    .count();
+                if compression_count > 1 {
+                    return Err(anyhow!(
+                        "at most one compression method allowed for provider {}",
+                        self.label
+                    ));
+                }
+
                 web3.url = shellexpand::env(&web3.url)?.into_owned();
 
                 let label = &self.label;
@@ -1201,6 +1232,7 @@ mod tests {
     use graph::http::{HeaderMap, HeaderValue};
     use graph::prelude::regex::Regex;
     use graph::prelude::{toml, NodeId};
+    use graph_chain_ethereum::Compression;
     use std::collections::BTreeSet;
     use std::fs::read_to_string;
     use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
@@ -1619,6 +1651,117 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(SubgraphLimit::Limit(10) > SubgraphLimit::Disabled);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn it_parses_web3_provider_with_gzip_compression_feature() {
+        let actual: Provider = toml::from_str(
+            r#"
+            label = "compressed"
+            details = { type = "web3", url = "http://localhost:8545", features = ["archive", "compression/gzip"] }
+        "#,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+
+        let mut features = BTreeSet::new();
+        features.insert("archive".to_string());
+        features.insert("compression/gzip".to_string());
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            Provider {
+                label: "compressed".to_owned(),
+                details: ProviderDetails::Web3(Web3Provider {
+                    transport: Transport::Rpc,
+                    url: "http://localhost:8545".to_owned(),
+                    features,
+                    headers: HeaderMap::new(),
+                    rules: Vec::new(),
+                }),
+            },
+            actual
+        );
+
+        match actual.details {
+            ProviderDetails::Web3(ref web3) => {
+                assert_eq!(web3.compression(), Compression::Gzip);
+            }
+            _ => panic!("expected Web3 provider"),
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn it_parses_web3_provider_with_brotli_compression_feature() {
+        let actual: Provider = toml::from_str(
+            r#"
+            label = "compressed"
+            details = { type = "web3", url = "http://localhost:8545", features = ["archive", "compression/brotli"] }
+        "#,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+
+        match actual.details {
+            ProviderDetails::Web3(ref web3) => {
+                assert_eq!(web3.compression(), Compression::Brotli);
+            }
+            _ => panic!("expected Web3 provider"),
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn it_parses_web3_provider_with_deflate_compression_feature() {
+        let actual: Provider = toml::from_str(
+            r#"
+            label = "compressed"
+            details = { type = "web3", url = "http://localhost:8545", features = ["archive", "compression/deflate"] }
+        "#,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+
+        match actual.details {
+            ProviderDetails::Web3(ref web3) => {
+                assert_eq!(web3.compression(), Compression::Deflate);
+            }
+            _ => panic!("expected Web3 provider"),
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn it_parses_web3_provider_without_compression_feature() {
+        let actual: Provider = toml::from_str(
+            r#"
+            label = "uncompressed"
+            details = { type = "web3", url = "http://localhost:8545", features = ["archive"] }
+        "#,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+
+        match actual.details {
+            ProviderDetails::Web3(ref web3) => {
+                assert_eq!(web3.compression(), Compression::None);
+            }
+            _ => panic!("expected Web3 provider"),
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn it_rejects_multiple_compression_features() {
+        let mut actual: Provider = toml::from_str(
+            r#"
+            label = "multi-comp"
+            details = { type = "web3", url = "http://localhost:8545", features = ["compression/gzip", "compression/brotli"] }
+        "#,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+
+        let err = actual.validate();
+        assert!(err.is_err());
+        let err = err.unwrap_err();
+        assert!(
+            err.to_string()
+                .contains("at most one compression method allowed"),
+            "result: {:?}",
+            err
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn duplicated_labels_are_not_allowed_within_chain() {
         let mut actual = toml::from_str::<ChainSection>(