diff --git a/frontend/package-lock.json b/frontend/package-lock.json
index 7062bb6a4..e1290ddd4 100644
--- a/frontend/package-lock.json
+++ b/frontend/package-lock.json
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@
         "tinyglobby": "^0.2.15",
         "typescript": "^5.9.3",
         "vite": "7.3.0",
-        "vite-plugin-compression": "^0.5.1",
         "vite-plugin-graphql-codegen": "^3.7.0",
         "vite-plugin-manifest-sri": "^0.2.0",
         "vitest": "^4.0.15"
@@ -8088,21 +8087,6 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/rawify"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/fs-extra": {
-      "version": "10.1.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fs-extra/-/fs-extra-10.1.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-oRXApq54ETRj4eMiFzGnHWGy+zo5raudjuxN0b8H7s/RU2oW0Wvsx9O0ACRN/kRq9E8Vu/ReskGB5o3ji+FzHQ==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "graceful-fs": "^4.2.0",
-        "jsonfile": "^6.0.1",
-        "universalify": "^2.0.0"
-      },
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">=12"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/fs.realpath": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fs.realpath/-/fs.realpath-1.0.0.tgz",
@@ -8275,13 +8259,6 @@
         "csstype": "^3.0.10"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/graceful-fs": {
-      "version": "4.2.11",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/graceful-fs/-/graceful-fs-4.2.11.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-RbJ5/jmFcNNCcDV5o9eTnBLJ/HszWV0P73bc+Ff4nS/rJj+YaS6IGyiOL0VoBYX+l1Wrl3k63h/KrH+nhJ0XvQ==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "license": "ISC"
-    },
     "node_modules/graphql": {
       "version": "16.12.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/graphql/-/graphql-16.12.0.tgz",
@@ -9886,19 +9863,6 @@
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT"
     },
-    "node_modules/jsonfile": {
-      "version": "6.2.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jsonfile/-/jsonfile-6.2.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-FGuPw30AdOIUTRMC2OMRtQV+jkVj2cfPqSeWXv1NEAJ1qZ5zb1X6z1mFhbfOB/iy3ssJCD+3KuZ8r8C3uVFlAg==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "universalify": "^2.0.0"
-      },
-      "optionalDependencies": {
-        "graceful-fs": "^4.1.6"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/knip": {
       "version": "5.74.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/knip/-/knip-5.74.0.tgz",
@@ -13062,16 +13026,6 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/universalify": {
-      "version": "2.0.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/universalify/-/universalify-2.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-gptHNQghINnc/vTGIk0SOFGFNXw7JVrlRUtConJRlvaw6DuX0wO5Jeko9sWrMBhh+PsYAZ7oXAiOnf/UKogyiw==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "engines": {
-        "node": ">= 10.0.0"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/unixify": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/unixify/-/unixify-1.0.0.tgz",
@@ -13344,21 +13298,6 @@
         }
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/vite-plugin-compression": {
-      "version": "0.5.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/vite-plugin-compression/-/vite-plugin-compression-0.5.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-5QJKBDc+gNYVqL/skgFAP81Yuzo9R+EAf19d+EtsMF/i8kFUpNi3J/H01QD3Oo8zBQn+NzoCIFkpPLynoOzaJg==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "license": "MIT",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "chalk": "^4.1.2",
-        "debug": "^4.3.3",
-        "fs-extra": "^10.0.0"
-      },
-      "peerDependencies": {
-        "vite": ">=2.0.0"
-      }
-    },
     "node_modules/vite-plugin-graphql-codegen": {
       "version": "3.7.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/vite-plugin-graphql-codegen/-/vite-plugin-graphql-codegen-3.7.0.tgz",
diff --git a/frontend/package.json b/frontend/package.json
index 3918296db..808285bb4 100644
--- a/frontend/package.json
+++ b/frontend/package.json
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@
     "tinyglobby": "^0.2.15",
     "typescript": "^5.9.3",
     "vite": "7.3.0",
-    "vite-plugin-compression": "^0.5.1",
     "vite-plugin-graphql-codegen": "^3.7.0",
     "vite-plugin-manifest-sri": "^0.2.0",
     "vitest": "^4.0.15"
diff --git a/frontend/vite.config.ts b/frontend/vite.config.ts
index cd9b36b78..ab9310383 100644
--- a/frontend/vite.config.ts
+++ b/frontend/vite.config.ts
@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@
 
 import { readFile, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { resolve } from "node:path";
+import { promisify } from "node:util";
+import zlib from "node:zlib";
 import { tanstackRouter } from "@tanstack/router-plugin/vite";
 import react from "@vitejs/plugin-react";
 import browserslistToEsbuild from "browserslist-to-esbuild";
 import { globSync } from "tinyglobby";
 import type { Manifest, PluginOption } from "vite";
-import compression from "vite-plugin-compression";
 import codegen from "vite-plugin-graphql-codegen";
 import manifestSRI from "vite-plugin-manifest-sri";
 import { defineConfig } from "vitest/config";
@@ -31,6 +32,60 @@ function i18nHotReload(): PluginOption {
   };
 }
 
+// Pre-compress the assets, so that the server can serve them directly
+function compression(): PluginOption {
+  const gzip = promisify(zlib.gzip);
+  const brotliCompress = promisify(zlib.brotliCompress);
+
+  return {
+    name: "asset-compression",
+    apply: "build",
+    enforce: "post",
+
+    async generateBundle(_outputOptions, bundle) {
+      const promises = Object.entries(bundle).flatMap(
+        ([fileName, assetOrChunk]) => {
+          const source =
+            assetOrChunk.type === "asset"
+              ? assetOrChunk.source
+              : assetOrChunk.code;
+
+          // Don't compress empty files, only compress CSS, JS and JSON files
+          if (
+            !source ||
+            !(
+              fileName.endsWith(".js") ||
+              fileName.endsWith(".css") ||
+              fileName.endsWith(".json")
+            )
+          ) {
+            return [];
+          }
+
+          const uncompressed = Buffer.from(source);
+
+          // We pre-compress assets with brotli as it offers the best
+          // compression ratios compared to even zstd, and gzip as a fallback
+          return [
+            { compress: gzip, ext: "gz" },
+            { compress: brotliCompress, ext: "br" },
+          ].map(async ({ compress, ext }) => {
+            const compressed = await compress(uncompressed);
+
+            this.emitFile({
+              type: "asset",
+              fileName: `${fileName}.${ext}`,
+              source: compressed,
+            });
+          });
+        },
+      );
+
+      await Promise.all(promises);
+    },
+  };
+}
+
 export default defineConfig((env) => ({
   base: "./",
 
@@ -117,19 +172,7 @@ export default defineConfig((env) => ({
 
     manifestSRI(),
 
-    // Pre-compress the assets, so that the server can serve them directly
-    compression({
-      algorithm: "gzip",
-      ext: ".gz",
-    }),
-    compression({
-      algorithm: "brotliCompress",
-      ext: ".br",
-    }),
-    compression({
-      algorithm: "deflate",
-      ext: ".zz",
-    }),
+    compression(),
 
     i18nHotReload(),
   ],