diff --git a/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/metacluster/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/metacluster/tasks/main.yml
index ab7808f..743ac15 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/metacluster/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/roles/metacluster/tasks/main.yml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 
     - name: Extract container images
       ansible.builtin.unarchive:
-        src: /opt/metacluster/container-images/image-tarballs.tgz
+        src: /opt/metacluster/container-images/image-tarballs.tar.xz
         dest: /opt/metacluster/container-images
         list_files: yes
       register: imagetarballs
diff --git a/ansible/roles/metacluster/tasks/components.yml b/ansible/roles/metacluster/tasks/components.yml
index 8d77542..8188144 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/metacluster/tasks/components.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/metacluster/tasks/components.yml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 
 - name: Compress tarballs
   community.general.archive:
-    dest: /opt/metacluster/container-images/image-tarballs.tgz
+    dest: /opt/metacluster/container-images/image-tarballs.tar.xz
     path: /opt/metacluster/container-images/*
-    format: gz
+    format: xz
     remove: yes