diff --git a/test/e2e/manifest_test.go b/test/e2e/manifest_test.go
index 297c32662c..56b65425f9 100644
--- a/test/e2e/manifest_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/manifest_test.go
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman manifest", func() {
 		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(session).Should(ExitCleanly())
 
-		push := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"manifest", "push", "--all", "--add-compression", "zstd", "--tls-verify=false", "--remove-signatures", "foobar", "localhost:5000/list"})
+		push := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"manifest", "push", "--all", "--compression-format", "gzip", "--add-compression", "zstd", "--tls-verify=false", "--remove-signatures", "foobar", "localhost:5000/list"})
 		push.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(push).Should(Exit(0))
 		output := push.ErrorToString()
diff --git a/test/system/012-manifest.bats b/test/system/012-manifest.bats
index 1e672a9490..30e16e9423 100644
--- a/test/system/012-manifest.bats
+++ b/test/system/012-manifest.bats
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ EOF
 
     # Push to local registry; the magic key here is --add-compression...
     local manifestpushed="localhost:${PODMAN_LOGIN_REGISTRY_PORT}/test:1.0"
-    run_podman manifest push --authfile=$authfile --all --add-compression zstd --tls-verify=false $manifestlocal $manifestpushed
+    run_podman manifest push --authfile=$authfile --all --compression-format gzip --add-compression zstd --tls-verify=false $manifestlocal $manifestpushed
 
     # ...and use skopeo to confirm that each component has the right settings
     echo "$_LOG_PROMPT skopeo inspect ... $manifestpushed"