diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-4677 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-4677
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8fa6cf65b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-4677
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+Bugfix: Downgrade zstd library to fix rare data corruption at max. compression
+
+In restic 0.16.3, backups where the compression level was set to `max` (using
+`--compression max`) could in rare and very specific circumstances result in
+data corruption due to a bug in the library used for compressing data. Restic
+0.16.1 and 0.16.2 were not affected.
+
+Restic now uses the previous version of the library used to compress data, the
+same version used by restic 0.16.2. Please note that the `auto` compression
+level (which restic uses by default) was never affected, and even if you used
+`max` compression, chances of being affected by this issue are small.
+
+To check a repository for any corruption, run `restic check --read-data`. This
+will download and verify the whole repository and can be used at any time to
+completely verify the integrity of a repository. If the `check` command detects
+anomalies, follow the suggested steps.
+
+https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/4677
+https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/4679
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1a4a3445e..fca1fddf2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ require (
 	google.golang.org/api v0.157.0
 )
 
+replace github.com/klauspost/compress => github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.2
+
 require (
 	cloud.google.com/go v0.112.0 // indirect
 	cloud.google.com/go/compute v1.23.3 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 291b570f8..f8989cdd0 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 h1:wN+x4NVGpMsO7ErUn/mUI3vEoE6Jt13X2
 github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0/go.mod h1:vpF70FUmC8bwa3OWnCshd2FqLfsEA9PFc4w1p2J65bw=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 h1:PV8peI4a0ysnczrg+LtxykD8LfKY9ML6u2jnxaEnrnM=
 github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12/go.mod h1:e30LSqwooZae/UwlEbR2852Gd8hjQvJoHmT4TnhNGBo=
-github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.4 h1:Ej5ixsIri7BrIjBkRZLTo6ghwrEtHFk7ijlczPW4fZ4=
-github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.4/go.mod h1:/dCuZOvVtNoHsyb+cuJD3itjs3NbnF6KH9zAO4BDxPM=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.2 h1:RlWWUY/Dr4fL8qk9YG7DTZ7PDgME2V4csBXA8L/ixi4=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.2/go.mod h1:ntbaceVETuRiXiv4DpjP66DpAtAGkEQskQzEyD//IeE=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.0.1/go.mod h1:FInQzS24/EEf25PyTYn52gqo7WaD8xa0213Md/qVLRg=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.2.6 h1:ndNyv040zDGIDh8thGkXYjnFtiN02M1PVVF+JE/48xc=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.2.6/go.mod h1:Lcz8mBdAVJIBVzewtcLocK12l3Y+JytZYpaMropDUws=