diff --git a/msa/js-executor/config/custom-environment-variables.yml b/msa/js-executor/config/custom-environment-variables.yml
index 8d2cf4b466..5e2bfe8342 100644
--- a/msa/js-executor/config/custom-environment-variables.yml
+++ b/msa/js-executor/config/custom-environment-variables.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ kafka:
   replication_factor: "TB_QUEUE_KAFKA_REPLICATION_FACTOR"
   acks: "TB_KAFKA_ACKS" # -1 = all; 0 = no acknowledgments; 1 = only waits for the leader to acknowledge
   requestTimeout: "TB_QUEUE_KAFKA_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS"
+  compression: "TB_QUEUE_KAFKA_COMPRESSION" # gzip or uncompressed
   topic_properties: "TB_QUEUE_KAFKA_JE_TOPIC_PROPERTIES"
   use_confluent_cloud: "TB_QUEUE_KAFKA_USE_CONFLUENT_CLOUD"
   client_id: "KAFKA_CLIENT_ID" #inject pod name to easy identify the client using /opt/kafka/bin/kafka-consumer-groups.sh
diff --git a/msa/js-executor/config/default.yml b/msa/js-executor/config/default.yml
index 84e927378a..cb6b87d050 100644
--- a/msa/js-executor/config/default.yml
+++ b/msa/js-executor/config/default.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ kafka:
   replication_factor: "1"
   acks: "1" # -1 = all; 0 = no acknowledgments; 1 = only waits for the leader to acknowledge
   requestTimeout: "30000" # The default value in kafkajs is: 30000
+  compression: "gzip" # gzip or uncompressed
   topic_properties: "retention.ms:604800000;segment.bytes:26214400;retention.bytes:104857600;partitions:100;min.insync.replicas:1"
   use_confluent_cloud: false
   client_id: "kafkajs" #inject pod name to easy identify the client using /opt/kafka/bin/kafka-consumer-groups.sh
diff --git a/msa/js-executor/queue/kafkaTemplate.js b/msa/js-executor/queue/kafkaTemplate.js
index fb56630471..2f4fd8751d 100644
--- a/msa/js-executor/queue/kafkaTemplate.js
+++ b/msa/js-executor/queue/kafkaTemplate.js
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ const topicProperties = config.get('kafka.topic_properties');
 const kafkaClientId = config.get('kafka.client_id');
 const acks = Number(config.get('kafka.acks'));
 const requestTimeout = Number(config.get('kafka.requestTimeout'));
+const compressionType = (config.get('kafka.requestTimeout') === "gzip") ? CompressionTypes.GZIP : CompressionTypes.None;
 
 let kafkaClient;
 let kafkaAdmin;
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ function KafkaProducer() {
             {
                 topic: responseTopic,
                 acks: acks,
-                compression: CompressionTypes.GZIP,
+                compression: compressionType,
                 messages: [
                     {
                         key: scriptId,