diff --git a/charts/library/common-test/Chart.yaml b/charts/library/common-test/Chart.yaml
index e2260a7b767..6e87c23a5de 100644
--- a/charts/library/common-test/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/library/common-test/Chart.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ apiVersion: v2
 appVersion: unknown
 dependencies:
   - name: common
-    version: ~25.1.0
+    version: ~25.2.0
     repository: file://../common/
     condition: ""
     alias: ""
diff --git a/charts/library/common-test/tests/cnpg/cluster_backup_spec_test.yaml b/charts/library/common-test/tests/cnpg/cluster_backup_spec_test.yaml
index d97e784cdcc..9e4f7247d87 100644
--- a/charts/library/common-test/tests/cnpg/cluster_backup_spec_test.yaml
+++ b/charts/library/common-test/tests/cnpg/cluster_backup_spec_test.yaml
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ tests:
             backup:
               barmanObjectStore:
                 data:
+                  compression: bzip2
                   jobs: 2
                 destinationPath: some-path
                 endpointURL: some-url
@@ -72,6 +73,8 @@ tests:
                     key: ACCESS_SECRET_KEY
                     name: test-release-name-common-test-cnpg-my-pg-provider-backup-s3-creds
                 serverName: test-release-name-common-test-cnpg-my-pg
+                wal:
+                  compression: bzip2
               retentionPolicy: 10d
               target: primary
 
@@ -126,6 +129,7 @@ tests:
             backup:
               barmanObjectStore:
                 data:
+                  compression: bzip2
                   jobs: 2
                 destinationPath: some-path
                 endpointURL: some-url
@@ -137,6 +141,8 @@ tests:
                     key: ACCESS_SECRET_KEY
                     name: test-release-name-common-test-cnpg-my-pg-provider-backup-s3-creds
                 serverName: test-release-name-common-test-cnpg-my-pg-rsome-revision
+                wal:
+                  compression: bzip2
               retentionPolicy: 10d
               target: primary
 
@@ -191,6 +197,7 @@ tests:
             backup:
               barmanObjectStore:
                 data:
+                  compression: bzip2
                   jobs: 2
                 destinationPath: some-path
                 endpointURL: some-url
@@ -202,6 +209,8 @@ tests:
                     key: ACCESS_SECRET_KEY
                     name: test-release-name-common-test-cnpg-my-pg-provider-backup-s3-creds
                 serverName: some-server-name
+                wal:
+                  compression: bzip2
               retentionPolicy: 10d
               target: primary
 
@@ -257,6 +266,7 @@ tests:
             backup:
               barmanObjectStore:
                 data:
+                  compression: bzip2
                   jobs: 2
                 destinationPath: some-path
                 endpointURL: some-url
@@ -268,6 +278,8 @@ tests:
                     key: ACCESS_SECRET_KEY
                     name: test-release-name-common-test-cnpg-my-pg-provider-backup-s3-creds
                 serverName: some-server-name-r1
+                wal:
+                  compression: bzip2
               retentionPolicy: 10d
               target: primary
 
@@ -323,7 +335,7 @@ tests:
             backup:
               barmanObjectStore:
                 data:
-                  compression: gzip
+                  compression: bzip2
                   encryption: AES256
                   jobs: 2
                 destinationPath: some-path
@@ -337,7 +349,73 @@ tests:
                     name: test-release-name-common-test-cnpg-my-pg-provider-backup-s3-creds
                 serverName: test-release-name-common-test-cnpg-my-pg
                 wal:
-                  compression: gzip
+                  compression: bzip2
                   encryption: AES256
               retentionPolicy: 10d
               target: primary
+
+  - it: should disable compression when set to false
+    set:
+      credentials:
+        test: *test
+      cnpg:
+        my-pg:
+          enabled: true
+          user: test-user
+          database: test-db
+          password: test-password
+          backups:
+            enabled: true
+            target: primary
+            retentionPolicy: 10d
+            credentials: test
+            destinationPath: some-path
+            compression:
+              enabled: false
+    asserts:
+      - documentIndex: *secretDoc
+        isKind:
+          of: Secret
+      - documentIndex: *secretDoc
+        isAPIVersion:
+          of: v1
+      - documentIndex: *secretDoc
+        equal:
+          path: metadata.name
+          value: test-release-name-common-test-cnpg-my-pg-provider-backup-s3-creds
+      - documentIndex: *secretDoc
+        equal:
+          path: stringData
+          value:
+            ACCESS_KEY_ID: some-access-key
+            ACCESS_SECRET_KEY: some-secret-key
+      - documentIndex: &clusterDoc 0
+        isKind:
+          of: Cluster
+      - documentIndex: *clusterDoc
+        isAPIVersion:
+          of: postgresql.cnpg.io/v1
+      - documentIndex: *clusterDoc
+        equal:
+          path: metadata.name
+          value: test-release-name-common-test-cnpg-my-pg
+      - documentIndex: *clusterDoc
+        isSubset:
+          path: spec
+          content:
+            backup:
+              barmanObjectStore:
+                data:
+                  jobs: 2
+                destinationPath: some-path
+                endpointURL: some-url
+                s3Credentials:
+                  accessKeyId:
+                    key: ACCESS_KEY_ID
+                    name: test-release-name-common-test-cnpg-my-pg-provider-backup-s3-creds
+                  secretAccessKey:
+                    key: ACCESS_SECRET_KEY
+                    name: test-release-name-common-test-cnpg-my-pg-provider-backup-s3-creds
+                serverName: test-release-name-common-test-cnpg-my-pg
+              retentionPolicy: 10d
+              target: primary
diff --git a/charts/library/common/Chart.yaml b/charts/library/common/Chart.yaml
index a32c7832cbb..a82ce35ceda 100644
--- a/charts/library/common/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/library/common/Chart.yaml
@@ -48,4 +48,4 @@ sources:
   - https://hub.docker.com/r/mikefarah/yq
   - https://hub.docker.com/r/traefik/whoami
 type: library
-version: 25.1.7
+version: 25.2.0
diff --git a/charts/library/common/templates/lib/cnpg/cluster/_backup.tpl b/charts/library/common/templates/lib/cnpg/cluster/_backup.tpl
index 79171c561b7..72874801234 100644
--- a/charts/library/common/templates/lib/cnpg/cluster/_backup.tpl
+++ b/charts/library/common/templates/lib/cnpg/cluster/_backup.tpl
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
 {{- define "tc.v1.common.lib.cnpg.cluster.backup" -}}
   {{- $rootCtx := .rootCtx -}}
   {{- $objectData := .objectData -}}
+
+  {{- $compression := "bzip2" -}}
+  {{- if and $objectData.backups.compression (not $objectData.backups.compression.enabled) -}}
+    {{- $compression = "" -}}
+  {{- end -}}
+
+  {{- $encryption := "" -}}
+  {{- if and $objectData.backups.encryption $objectData.backups.encryption.enabled -}}
+    {{- $encryption = "AES256" -}}
+  {{- end }}
 backup:
   {{- with $objectData.backups.target }}
   target: {{ . }}
@@ -9,13 +19,21 @@ backup:
   barmanObjectStore:
     data:
       jobs: {{ $objectData.backups.jobs | default 2 }}
-  {{- if and $objectData.backups.encryption $objectData.backups.encryption.enabled }}
-      compression: "gzip"
-      encryption: "AES256"
+      {{- with $compression }}
+      compression: {{ . }}
+      {{- end -}}
+      {{- with $encryption }}
+      encryption: {{ . }}
+      {{- end -}}
+    {{- if or $compression $encryption }}
     wal:
-      compression: "gzip"
-      encryption: "AES256"
-  {{- end -}}
+      {{- with $compression }}
+      compression: {{ . }}
+      {{- end -}}
+      {{- with $encryption }}
+      encryption: {{ . }}
+      {{- end -}}
+    {{- end -}}
   {{/* Fetch provider data */}}
   {{/* Get the creds defined in backup.$provider */}}
   {{- $creds := (get $rootCtx.Values.credentials $objectData.backups.credentials) -}}