diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a6fe354cb97..e43a165752f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -115,6 +115,15 @@ version = "1.0.77"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c9d19de80eff169429ac1e9f48fffb163916b448a44e8e046186232046d9e1f9"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "arbitrary"
+version = "1.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7d5a26814d8dcb93b0e5a0ff3c6d80a8843bafb21b39e8e18a6f05471870e110"
+dependencies = [
+ "derive_arbitrary",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "arc-swap"
 version = "1.6.0"
@@ -426,15 +435,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bumpalo"
-version = "3.14.0"
+version = "3.16.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7f30e7476521f6f8af1a1c4c0b8cc94f0bee37d91763d0ca2665f299b6cd8aec"
-
-[[package]]
-name = "byteorder"
-version = "1.5.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "1fd0f2584146f6f2ef48085050886acf353beff7305ebd1ae69500e27c67f64b"
+checksum = "79296716171880943b8470b5f8d03aa55eb2e645a4874bdbb28adb49162e012c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bytes"
@@ -647,9 +650,9 @@ checksum = "19d374276b40fb8bbdee95aef7c7fa6b5316ec764510eb64b8dd0e2ed0d7e7f5"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "crc32fast"
-version = "1.3.2"
+version = "1.4.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b540bd8bc810d3885c6ea91e2018302f68baba2129ab3e88f32389ee9370880d"
+checksum = "a97769d94ddab943e4510d138150169a2758b5ef3eb191a9ee688de3e23ef7b3"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
@@ -748,12 +751,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam-utils"
-version = "0.8.18"
+version = "0.8.20"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c3a430a770ebd84726f584a90ee7f020d28db52c6d02138900f22341f866d39c"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
-]
+checksum = "22ec99545bb0ed0ea7bb9b8e1e9122ea386ff8a48c0922e43f36d45ab09e0e80"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "crossterm"
@@ -866,6 +866,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "powerfmt",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "derive_arbitrary"
+version = "1.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "67e77553c4162a157adbf834ebae5b415acbecbeafc7a74b0e886657506a7611"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.47",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "diff"
 version = "0.1.13"
@@ -882,6 +893,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "crypto-common",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "displaydoc"
+version = "0.2.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "487585f4d0c6655fe74905e2504d8ad6908e4db67f744eb140876906c2f3175d"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.47",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "document-features"
 version = "0.2.8"
@@ -3353,6 +3375,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "scopeguard",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lockfree-object-pool"
+version = "0.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9374ef4228402d4b7e403e5838cb880d9ee663314b0a900d5a6aabf0c213552e"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "log"
 version = "0.4.21"
@@ -3509,6 +3537,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "num-conv"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "51d515d32fb182ee37cda2ccdcb92950d6a3c2893aa280e540671c2cd0f3b1d9"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "num-traits"
 version = "0.2.17"
@@ -4378,6 +4412,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "simd-adler32"
+version = "0.3.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d66dc143e6b11c1eddc06d5c423cfc97062865baf299914ab64caa38182078fe"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "slab"
 version = "0.4.9"
@@ -4621,13 +4661,14 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "time"
-version = "0.3.31"
+version = "0.3.36"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f657ba42c3f86e7680e53c8cd3af8abbe56b5491790b46e22e19c0d57463583e"
+checksum = "5dfd88e563464686c916c7e46e623e520ddc6d79fa6641390f2e3fa86e83e885"
 dependencies = [
  "deranged",
  "itoa",
  "libc",
+ "num-conv",
  "num_threads",
  "powerfmt",
  "serde",
@@ -4643,10 +4684,11 @@ checksum = "ef927ca75afb808a4d64dd374f00a2adf8d0fcff8e7b184af886c3c87ec4a3f3"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "time-macros"
-version = "0.2.16"
+version = "0.2.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "26197e33420244aeb70c3e8c78376ca46571bc4e701e4791c2cd9f57dcb3a43f"
+checksum = "3f252a68540fde3a3877aeea552b832b40ab9a69e318efd078774a01ddee1ccf"
 dependencies = [
+ "num-conv",
  "time-core",
 ]
 
@@ -5447,13 +5489,31 @@ checksum = "525b4ec142c6b68a2d10f01f7bbf6755599ca3f81ea53b8431b7dd348f5fdb2d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "zip"
-version = "0.6.6"
+version = "1.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "760394e246e4c28189f19d488c058bf16f564016aefac5d32bb1f3b51d5e9261"
+checksum = "1b7a5a9285bd4ee13bdeb3f8a4917eb46557e53f270c783849db8bef37b0ad00"
 dependencies = [
- "byteorder",
+ "arbitrary",
  "crc32fast",
  "crossbeam-utils",
+ "displaydoc",
  "flate2",
+ "indexmap",
+ "thiserror",
  "time",
+ "zopfli",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zopfli"
+version = "0.8.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e5019f391bac5cf252e93bbcc53d039ffd62c7bfb7c150414d61369afe57e946"
+dependencies = [
+ "bumpalo",
+ "crc32fast",
+ "lockfree-object-pool",
+ "log",
+ "once_cell",
+ "simd-adler32",
 ]
diff --git a/gix-archive/Cargo.toml b/gix-archive/Cargo.toml
index 81477eafc07..c08fc5a8264 100644
--- a/gix-archive/Cargo.toml
+++ b/gix-archive/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ gix-path = { version = "^0.10.7", path = "../gix-path", optional = true }
 gix-date = { version = "^0.8.6", path = "../gix-date" }
 
 flate2 = { version = "1.0.26", optional = true }
-zip = { version = "0.6.6", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["deflate", "time"] }
+zip = { version = "1.3.1", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["deflate", "time"] }
 time = { version = "0.3.23", optional = true, default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
 
 thiserror = "1.0.26"
@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ tar = { version = "0.4.38", optional = true }
 document-features = { version = "0.2.0", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-gix-testtools = { path = "../tests/tools"}
-gix-odb = { path = "../gix-odb"}
-gix-worktree = { path = "../gix-worktree", default-features = false, features = ["attributes"]}
-gix-hash = { path = "../gix-hash"}
-gix-attributes = { path = "../gix-attributes"}
-gix-object = { path = "../gix-object"}
-gix-filter = { path = "../gix-filter"}
+gix-testtools = { path = "../tests/tools" }
+gix-odb = { path = "../gix-odb" }
+gix-worktree = { path = "../gix-worktree", default-features = false, features = ["attributes"] }
+gix-hash = { path = "../gix-hash" }
+gix-attributes = { path = "../gix-attributes" }
+gix-object = { path = "../gix-object" }
+gix-filter = { path = "../gix-filter" }
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 all-features = true
diff --git a/gix-archive/src/write.rs b/gix-archive/src/write.rs
index 5c5dc885eca..244b40554e0 100644
--- a/gix-archive/src/write.rs
+++ b/gix-archive/src/write.rs
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ where
     NextFn: FnMut(&mut Stream) -> Result<Option<Entry<'_>>, gix_worktree_stream::entry::Error>,
 {
     let compression_level = match opts.format {
-        Format::Zip { compression_level } => compression_level.map(|lvl| lvl as i32),
+        Format::Zip { compression_level } => compression_level.map(|lvl| lvl as i64),
         _other => return write_stream(stream, next_entry, out, opts),
     };
 
@@ -161,10 +161,10 @@ fn append_zip_entry<W: std::io::Write + std::io::Seek>(
     mut entry: gix_worktree_stream::Entry<'_>,
     buf: &mut Vec<u8>,
     mtime: zip::DateTime,
-    compression_level: Option<i32>,
+    compression_level: Option<i64>,
     tree_prefix: Option<&bstr::BString>,
 ) -> Result<(), Error> {
-    let file_opts = zip::write::FileOptions::default()
+    let file_opts = zip::write::FileOptions::<'_, ()>::default()
         .compression_method(zip::CompressionMethod::Deflated)
         .compression_level(compression_level)
         .large_file(entry.bytes_remaining().map_or(true, |len| len > u32::MAX as usize))
diff --git a/gix-archive/tests/archive.rs b/gix-archive/tests/archive.rs
index a1b9920bb61..2b47fa14e8d 100644
--- a/gix-archive/tests/archive.rs
+++ b/gix-archive/tests/archive.rs
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ mod from_tree {
                 );
                 let mut link = ar.by_name("prefix/symlink-to-a")?;
                 assert!(!link.is_dir());
-                assert!(link.is_file(), "no symlink differentiation");
+                assert!(link.is_symlink(), "symlinks are supported as well");
                 assert_eq!(
                     link.unix_mode(),
                     Some(if cfg!(windows) { 0o100644 } else { 0o120644 }),