diff --git a/.github/workflows/populate_linux_sysroot.sh b/.github/workflows/populate_linux_sysroot.sh
index b2cead2a..0f3c1e74 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/populate_linux_sysroot.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/populate_linux_sysroot.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ cat > "${POPULATE_LINUX_SYSROOT_SCRIPT}" << EOF
 export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 
 apt-get update
-apt-get install -y build-essential zlib1g-dev
+apt-get install -y build-essential
 apt-get install -y lsb-release gnupg2 wget rsync
 
 echo "deb http://apt.llvm.org/\$(lsb_release -cs)/ llvm-toolchain-\$(lsb_release -cs)-19 main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/llvm.list
diff --git a/.goreleaser.yaml b/.goreleaser.yaml
index 79a2f801..b1e7744a 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yaml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yaml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ builds:
       - CC=x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc
       - CXX=x86_64-linux-gnu-g++
       - CGO_CPPFLAGS=-I{{.Env.SYSROOT_LINUX_AMD64}}/crosscompile/clang/include -D_GNU_SOURCE -D__STDC_CONSTANT_MACROS -D__STDC_FORMAT_MACROS -D__STDC_LIMIT_MACROS
-      - CGO_LDFLAGS=-L{{.Env.SYSROOT_LINUX_AMD64}}/crosscompile/clang/lib -lLLVM-19
+      - CGO_LDFLAGS=-L{{.Env.SYSROOT_LINUX_AMD64}}/crosscompile/clang/lib -lLLVM-19 -lz
       - CGO_LDFLAGS_ALLOW=--sysroot.*
     targets:
       - linux_amd64
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ builds:
       - CC=aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc
       - CXX=aarch64-linux-gnu-g++
       - CGO_CPPFLAGS=-I{{.Env.SYSROOT_LINUX_ARM64}}/crosscompile/clang/include -D_GNU_SOURCE -D__STDC_CONSTANT_MACROS -D__STDC_FORMAT_MACROS -D__STDC_LIMIT_MACROS
-      - CGO_LDFLAGS=-L{{.Env.SYSROOT_LINUX_ARM64}}/crosscompile/clang/lib -lLLVM-19
+      - CGO_LDFLAGS=-L{{.Env.SYSROOT_LINUX_ARM64}}/crosscompile/clang/lib -lLLVM-19 -lz
       - CGO_LDFLAGS_ALLOW=--sysroot.*
     targets:
       - linux_arm64