diff --git a/cmd/object-api-utils.go b/cmd/object-api-utils.go
index a71cea3bf..961be2f7b 100644
--- a/cmd/object-api-utils.go
+++ b/cmd/object-api-utils.go
@@ -884,6 +884,16 @@ func CleanMinioInternalMetadataKeys(metadata map[string]string) map[string]strin
 	return newMeta
 }
 
+// compressOpts are the options for writing compressed data.
+var compressOpts []s2.WriterOption
+
+func init() {
+	if runtime.GOARCH == "amd64" {
+		// On amd64 we have assembly and can use stronger compression.
+		compressOpts = append(compressOpts, s2.WriterBetterCompression())
+	}
+}
+
 // newS2CompressReader will read data from r, compress it and return the compressed data as a Reader.
 // Use Close to ensure resources are released on incomplete streams.
 //
@@ -894,7 +904,7 @@ func newS2CompressReader(r io.Reader, on int64) io.ReadCloser {
 	pr, pw := io.Pipe()
 	// Copy input to compressor
 	go func() {
-		comp := s2.NewWriter(pw)
+		comp := s2.NewWriter(pw, compressOpts...)
 		cn, err := io.Copy(comp, r)
 		if err != nil {
 			comp.Close()
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index dd8ccf46a..666f80fdf 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0
 	github.com/jcmturner/gokrb5/v8 v8.4.2
 	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.11
-	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.13.3
+	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.13.4
 	github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.0.4
 	github.com/klauspost/pgzip v1.2.5
 	github.com/klauspost/readahead v1.3.1
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index cb7df0d64..ddc076e24 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -881,8 +881,8 @@ github.com/klauspost/compress v1.11.0/go.mod h1:aoV0uJVorq1K+umq18yTdKaF57EivdYs
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.11.7/go.mod h1:aoV0uJVorq1K+umq18yTdKaF57EivdYsUV+/s2qKfXs=
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.11.12/go.mod h1:aoV0uJVorq1K+umq18yTdKaF57EivdYsUV+/s2qKfXs=
 github.com/klauspost/compress v1.12.2/go.mod h1:8dP1Hq4DHOhN9w426knH3Rhby4rFm6D8eO+e+Dq5Gzg=
-github.com/klauspost/compress v1.13.3 h1:BtAvtV1+h0YwSVwWoYXMREPpYu9VzTJ9QDI1TEg/iQQ=
-github.com/klauspost/compress v1.13.3/go.mod h1:8dP1Hq4DHOhN9w426knH3Rhby4rFm6D8eO+e+Dq5Gzg=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.13.4 h1:0zhec2I8zGnjWcKyLl6i3gPqKANCCn5e9xmviEEeX6s=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.13.4/go.mod h1:8dP1Hq4DHOhN9w426knH3Rhby4rFm6D8eO+e+Dq5Gzg=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid v0.0.0-20180405133222-e7e905edc00e/go.mod h1:Pj4uuM528wm8OyEC2QMXAi2YiTZ96dNQPGgoMS4s3ek=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid v1.2.0/go.mod h1:Pj4uuM528wm8OyEC2QMXAi2YiTZ96dNQPGgoMS4s3ek=
 github.com/klauspost/cpuid v1.2.3/go.mod h1:Pj4uuM528wm8OyEC2QMXAi2YiTZ96dNQPGgoMS4s3ek=