diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 23200db..d774a99 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && env DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y \
 # For 'ar' command to unpack .deb
     binutils \
     xz-utils \
+    zstd \
 # to be able to detect file system types of extracted images
     file \
 # to copy files between rootfs directories
diff --git a/modules/deb.sh b/modules/deb.sh
index 7fc7557..9b9dc3e 100644
--- a/modules/deb.sh
+++ b/modules/deb.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2022 Northern.tech AS
+# Copyright 2023 Northern.tech AS
 #
 #    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 #    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -111,7 +111,10 @@ function deb_extract_package()  {
     cd ${extract_dir}
     run_and_log_cmd "ar -xv ${deb_package}"
     mkdir -p files
-    run_and_log_cmd "sudo tar xJf data.tar.xz -C files"
+
+    local -r data_archive=$(find . -maxdepth 1 -type f -regex '.*/data\.tar\.\(zst\|xz\)'  -printf '%P\n' -quit)
+    run_and_log_cmd "sudo tar xf ${data_archive} -C files"
+
     cd - > /dev/null 2>&1
 
     run_and_log_cmd "sudo rsync --archive --keep-dirlinks --verbose ${extract_dir}/files/ ${dest_dir}"