diff --git a/openidm-repo-orientdb/pom.xml b/openidm-repo-orientdb/pom.xml
index 5d6dfffb1a..b0c540ec92 100644
--- a/openidm-repo-orientdb/pom.xml
+++ b/openidm-repo-orientdb/pom.xml
@@ -81,6 +81,12 @@
             <groupId>com.orientechnologies</groupId>
             <artifactId>orientdb-core</artifactId>
             <version>${orientdb.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.xerial.snappy</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>snappy-java</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.orientechnologies</groupId>
@@ -108,11 +114,6 @@
             <artifactId>jna-platform</artifactId>
             <version>5.14.0</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>org.xerial.snappy</groupId>
-          <artifactId>snappy-java</artifactId>
-          <version>1.1.10.5</version>
-        </dependency>
 <!--        <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.persistence</groupId>
             <artifactId>persistence-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/openidm-repo-orientdb/src/test/resources/config/repo.orientdb.json b/openidm-repo-orientdb/src/test/resources/config/repo.orientdb.json
index 8780616d4f..f9c8a61fb8 100644
--- a/openidm-repo-orientdb/src/test/resources/config/repo.orientdb.json
+++ b/openidm-repo-orientdb/src/test/resources/config/repo.orientdb.json
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@
         "memory.optimizeThreshold" : "0.7",
         "jvm.gc.delayForOptimize" : "600",
         "storage.diskCache.bufferSize" : "2048",
-        "storage.compressionMethod" : "snappy",
+        "storage.compressionMethod" : "gzip",
         "storage.useWAL" : "true",
         "storage.wal.cacheSize" : "3000",
         "storage.wal.maxSegmentSize" : "51200",
diff --git a/openidm-zip/src/main/resources/bin/launcher.json b/openidm-zip/src/main/resources/bin/launcher.json
index c6afd7075a..a4e11cf55c 100644
--- a/openidm-zip/src/main/resources/bin/launcher.json
+++ b/openidm-zip/src/main/resources/bin/launcher.json
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
                     "**/*openidm-jetty-fragment*.jar",
                     "**/*openidm-quartz-fragment*.jar",
                     "**/*openidm-config*.jar",
-                    "**/*snappy-java*.jar",
                     "**/*openidm-httpclient-fragment*.jar"
                 ],
                 "start-level":3,