diff --git a/.evergreen/config.yml b/.evergreen/config.yml
index c0190ad1ec..001ad80a2b 100644
--- a/.evergreen/config.yml
+++ b/.evergreen/config.yml
@@ -1468,28 +1468,7 @@ tasks:
       - func: install dependencies
       - func: bootstrap mongo-orchestration
       - func: run-compression-tests
-  - name: test-zstd-1.x-compression
-    tags:
-      - latest
-      - zstd
-    commands:
-      - command: expansions.update
-        type: setup
-        params:
-          updates:
-            - {key: VERSION, value: latest}
-            - {key: TOPOLOGY, value: replica_set}
-            - {key: AUTH, value: auth}
-            - {key: COMPRESSOR, value: zstd}
-            - {key: CLIENT_ENCRYPTION, value: 'false'}
-            - {key: TEST_CSFLE, value: 'false'}
-      - func: install dependencies
-      - func: bootstrap mongo-orchestration
-      - func: install package
-        vars:
-          PACKAGE: '@mongodb-js/zstd@1.x'
-      - func: run-compression-tests
-  - name: test-zstd-2.x-compression
+  - name: test-zstd-compression
     tags:
       - latest
       - zstd
@@ -2887,8 +2866,7 @@ buildvariants:
       - test-socks5-csfle
       - test-socks5-tls
       - test-snappy-compression
-      - test-zstd-1.x-compression
-      - test-zstd-2.x-compression
+      - test-zstd-compression
       - test-tls-support-latest
       - test-tls-support-8.0
       - test-tls-support-7.0
@@ -2942,8 +2920,7 @@ buildvariants:
       - test-socks5-csfle
       - test-socks5-tls
       - test-snappy-compression
-      - test-zstd-1.x-compression
-      - test-zstd-2.x-compression
+      - test-zstd-compression
       - test-tls-support-latest
       - test-tls-support-8.0
       - test-tls-support-7.0
@@ -2995,8 +2972,7 @@ buildvariants:
       - test-socks5-csfle
       - test-socks5-tls
       - test-snappy-compression
-      - test-zstd-1.x-compression
-      - test-zstd-2.x-compression
+      - test-zstd-compression
       - test-tls-support-latest
       - test-tls-support-8.0
       - test-tls-support-7.0
@@ -3040,8 +3016,7 @@ buildvariants:
       - test-socks5
       - test-socks5-tls
       - test-snappy-compression
-      - test-zstd-1.x-compression
-      - test-zstd-2.x-compression
+      - test-zstd-compression
       - test-tls-support-latest
       - test-tls-support-8.0
       - test-tls-support-7.0
@@ -3085,8 +3060,7 @@ buildvariants:
       - test-socks5
       - test-socks5-tls
       - test-snappy-compression
-      - test-zstd-1.x-compression
-      - test-zstd-2.x-compression
+      - test-zstd-compression
       - test-tls-support-latest
       - test-tls-support-8.0
       - test-tls-support-7.0
diff --git a/.evergreen/generate_evergreen_tasks.js b/.evergreen/generate_evergreen_tasks.js
index 53312f2cd3..4264daf171 100644
--- a/.evergreen/generate_evergreen_tasks.js
+++ b/.evergreen/generate_evergreen_tasks.js
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ TASKS.push({
 });
 
 TASKS.push({
-  name: `test-zstd-1.x-compression`,
+  name: `test-zstd-compression`,
   tags: ['latest', 'zstd'],
   commands: [
     updateExpansions({
@@ -256,31 +256,6 @@ TASKS.push({
     }),
     { func: 'install dependencies' },
     { func: 'bootstrap mongo-orchestration' },
-    {
-      func: 'install package',
-      vars: {
-        PACKAGE: '@mongodb-js/zstd@1.x'
-      }
-    },
-    { func: 'run-compression-tests' }
-  ]
-});
-
-TASKS.push({
-  name: `test-zstd-2.x-compression`,
-  tags: ['latest', 'zstd'],
-  commands: [
-    updateExpansions({
-      VERSION: 'latest',
-      TOPOLOGY: 'replica_set',
-      AUTH: 'auth',
-      COMPRESSOR: 'zstd',
-      CLIENT_ENCRYPTION: 'false',
-      TEST_CSFLE: 'false'
-    }),
-    { func: 'install dependencies' },
-    { func: 'bootstrap mongo-orchestration' },
-    // no need to manually install zstd - we specify 2.x as a dev dependency in package.json
     { func: 'run-compression-tests' }
   ]
 });
diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index 918de02f95..573d59743c 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -32,13 +32,19 @@ updates:
         versions: [">=10.0.0"]
       # we ignore TS as a part of quarterly dependency updates.
       - dependency-name: "typescript"
-      # stay on the supported major version of gcp-metadata
-      - dependency-name: "gcp-metadata"
-        versions: [">=6.0.0"]
       # NODE-3773: sinon 19+ breaks the srv polling unit tests
       - dependency-name: "sinon"
         versions: ["18.x"]
 
+      # ignore all peer dependencies
+      - dependency-name: "gcp-metadata"
+      - dependency-name: "@aws-sdk/credential-providers"
+      - dependency-name: "kerberos"
+      - dependency-name: "mongodb-client-encryption"
+      - dependency-name: "snappy"
+      - dependency-name: "gcp-metadata"
+      - dependency-name: "@mongodb-js/zstd"
+
     versioning-strategy: increase
 
     groups:
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index b0b3226451..7c6e6f2a33 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
         "eslint-plugin-tsdoc": "^0.4.0",
         "eslint-plugin-unused-imports": "^4.2.0",
         "express": "^5.1.0",
-        "gcp-metadata": "^5.3.0",
+        "gcp-metadata": "^7.0.1",
         "js-yaml": "^4.1.0",
         "mocha": "^11.7.1",
         "mocha-sinon": "^2.1.2",
@@ -69,13 +69,13 @@
         "node": ">=20.19.0"
       },
       "peerDependencies": {
-        "@aws-sdk/credential-providers": "^3.188.0",
-        "@mongodb-js/zstd": "^1.1.0 || ^2.0.0",
-        "gcp-metadata": "^5.2.0",
+        "@aws-sdk/credential-providers": "^3.806.0",
+        "@mongodb-js/zstd": "^2.0.0",
+        "gcp-metadata": "^7.0.1",
         "kerberos": "^2.0.1",
         "mongodb-client-encryption": "^7.0.0-alpha",
-        "snappy": "^7.3.2",
-        "socks": "^2.7.1"
+        "snappy": "^7.3.0",
+        "socks": "^2.8.6"
       },
       "peerDependenciesMeta": {
         "@aws-sdk/credential-providers": {
@@ -3627,16 +3627,13 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/agent-base": {
-      "version": "6.0.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/agent-base/-/agent-base-6.0.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-RZNwNclF7+MS/8bDg70amg32dyeZGZxiDuQmZxKLAlQjr3jGyLx+4Kkk58UO7D2QdgFIQCovuSuZESne6RG6XQ==",
+      "version": "7.1.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/agent-base/-/agent-base-7.1.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-MnA+YT8fwfJPgBx3m60MNqakm30XOkyIoH1y6huTQvC0PwZG7ki8NacLBcrPbNoo8vEZy7Jpuk7+jMO+CUovTQ==",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "debug": "4"
-      },
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">= 6.0.0"
+        "node": ">= 14"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/aggregate-error": {
@@ -4404,6 +4401,16 @@
         "node": ">= 8"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/data-uri-to-buffer": {
+      "version": "4.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/data-uri-to-buffer/-/data-uri-to-buffer-4.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-0R9ikRb668HB7QDxT1vkpuUBtqc53YyAwMwGeUFKRojY/NWKvdZ+9UYtRfGmhqNbRkTSVpMbmyhXipFFv2cb/A==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 12"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/debug": {
       "version": "4.4.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/debug/-/debug-4.4.0.tgz",
@@ -5307,6 +5314,30 @@
         "reusify": "^1.0.4"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/fetch-blob": {
+      "version": "3.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/fetch-blob/-/fetch-blob-3.2.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-7yAQpD2UMJzLi1Dqv7qFYnPbaPx7ZfFK6PiIxQ4PfkGPyNyl2Ugx+a/umUonmKqjhM4DnfbMvdX6otXq83soQQ==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "funding": [
+        {
+          "type": "github",
+          "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/jimmywarting"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "paypal",
+          "url": "https://paypal.me/jimmywarting"
+        }
+      ],
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "node-domexception": "^1.0.0",
+        "web-streams-polyfill": "^3.0.3"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": "^12.20 || >= 14.13"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/file-entry-cache": {
       "version": "8.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/file-entry-cache/-/file-entry-cache-8.0.0.tgz",
@@ -5431,6 +5462,19 @@
         "node": ">=8.0.0"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/formdata-polyfill": {
+      "version": "4.0.10",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/formdata-polyfill/-/formdata-polyfill-4.0.10.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-buewHzMvYL29jdeQTVILecSaZKnt/RJWjoZCF5OW60Z67/GmSLBkOFM7qh1PI3zFNtJbaZL5eQu1vLfazOwj4g==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "fetch-blob": "^3.1.2"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=12.20.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/forwarded": {
       "version": "0.2.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/forwarded/-/forwarded-0.2.0.tgz",
@@ -5512,33 +5556,33 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/gaxios": {
-      "version": "5.1.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/gaxios/-/gaxios-5.1.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-95hVgBRgEIRQQQHIbnxBXeHbW4TqFk4ZDJW7wmVtvYar72FdhRIo1UGOLS2eRAKCPEdPBWu+M7+A33D9CdX9rA==",
+      "version": "7.1.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/gaxios/-/gaxios-7.1.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-/Szrn8nr+2TsQT1Gp8iIe/BEytJmbyfrbFh419DfGQSkEgNEhbPi7JRJuughjkTzPWgU9gBQf5AVu3DbHt0OXA==",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "extend": "^3.0.2",
-        "https-proxy-agent": "^5.0.0",
-        "is-stream": "^2.0.0",
-        "node-fetch": "^2.6.9"
+        "https-proxy-agent": "^7.0.1",
+        "node-fetch": "^3.3.2"
       },
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">=12"
+        "node": ">=18"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/gcp-metadata": {
-      "version": "5.3.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/gcp-metadata/-/gcp-metadata-5.3.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-FNTkdNEnBdlqF2oatizolQqNANMrcqJt6AAYt99B3y1aLLC8Hc5IOBb+ZnnzllodEEf6xMBp6wRcBbc16fa65w==",
+      "version": "7.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/gcp-metadata/-/gcp-metadata-7.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-UcO3kefx6dCcZkgcTGgVOTFb7b1LlQ02hY1omMjjrrBzkajRMCFgYOjs7J71WqnuG1k2b+9ppGL7FsOfhZMQKQ==",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
-        "gaxios": "^5.0.0",
+        "gaxios": "^7.0.0",
+        "google-logging-utils": "^1.0.0",
         "json-bigint": "^1.0.0"
       },
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">=12"
+        "node": ">=18"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/gensync": {
@@ -5764,6 +5808,16 @@
         "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/google-logging-utils": {
+      "version": "1.1.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/google-logging-utils/-/google-logging-utils-1.1.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-rcX58I7nqpu4mbKztFeOAObbomBbHU2oIb/d3tJfF3dizGSApqtSwYJigGCooHdnMyQBIw8BrWyK96w3YXgr6A==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "Apache-2.0",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=14"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/gopd": {
       "version": "1.2.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/gopd/-/gopd-1.2.0.tgz",
@@ -5929,17 +5983,17 @@
       "license": "ISC"
     },
     "node_modules/https-proxy-agent": {
-      "version": "5.0.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/https-proxy-agent/-/https-proxy-agent-5.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-dFcAjpTQFgoLMzC2VwU+C/CbS7uRL0lWmxDITmqm7C+7F0Odmj6s9l6alZc6AELXhrnggM2CeWSXHGOdX2YtwA==",
+      "version": "7.0.6",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/https-proxy-agent/-/https-proxy-agent-7.0.6.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-vK9P5/iUfdl95AI+JVyUuIcVtd4ofvtrOr3HNtM2yxC9bnMbEdp3x01OhQNnjb8IJYi38VlTE3mBXwcfvywuSw==",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
-        "agent-base": "6",
+        "agent-base": "^7.1.2",
         "debug": "4"
       },
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">= 6"
+        "node": ">= 14"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/iconv-lite": {
@@ -7235,50 +7289,44 @@
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT"
     },
-    "node_modules/node-fetch": {
-      "version": "2.7.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-2.7.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-c4FRfUm/dbcWZ7U+1Wq0AwCyFL+3nt2bEw05wfxSz+DWpWsitgmSgYmy2dQdWyKC1694ELPqMs/YzUSNozLt8A==",
+    "node_modules/node-domexception": {
+      "version": "1.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-domexception/-/node-domexception-1.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-/jKZoMpw0F8GRwl4/eLROPA3cfcXtLApP0QzLmUT/HuPCZWyB7IY9ZrMeKw2O/nFIqPQB3PVM9aYm0F312AXDQ==",
+      "deprecated": "Use your platform's native DOMException instead",
       "dev": true,
+      "funding": [
+        {
+          "type": "github",
+          "url": "https://github.com/sponsors/jimmywarting"
+        },
+        {
+          "type": "github",
+          "url": "https://paypal.me/jimmywarting"
+        }
+      ],
       "license": "MIT",
-      "dependencies": {
-        "whatwg-url": "^5.0.0"
-      },
       "engines": {
-        "node": "4.x || >=6.0.0"
-      },
-      "peerDependencies": {
-        "encoding": "^0.1.0"
-      },
-      "peerDependenciesMeta": {
-        "encoding": {
-          "optional": true
-        }
+        "node": ">=10.5.0"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/node-fetch/node_modules/tr46": {
-      "version": "0.0.3",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/tr46/-/tr46-0.0.3.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-N3WMsuqV66lT30CrXNbEjx4GEwlow3v6rr4mCcv6prnfwhS01rkgyFdjPNBYd9br7LpXV1+Emh01fHnq2Gdgrw==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "license": "MIT"
-    },
-    "node_modules/node-fetch/node_modules/webidl-conversions": {
-      "version": "3.0.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/webidl-conversions/-/webidl-conversions-3.0.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-2JAn3z8AR6rjK8Sm8orRC0h/bcl/DqL7tRPdGZ4I1CjdF+EaMLmYxBHyXuKL849eucPFhvBoxMsflfOb8kxaeQ==",
-      "dev": true,
-      "license": "BSD-2-Clause"
-    },
-    "node_modules/node-fetch/node_modules/whatwg-url": {
-      "version": "5.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/whatwg-url/-/whatwg-url-5.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-saE57nupxk6v3HY35+jzBwYa0rKSy0XR8JSxZPwgLr7ys0IBzhGviA1/TUGJLmSVqs8pb9AnvICXEuOHLprYTw==",
+    "node_modules/node-fetch": {
+      "version": "3.3.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-3.3.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-dRB78srN/l6gqWulah9SrxeYnxeddIG30+GOqK/9OlLVyLg3HPnr6SqOWTWOXKRwC2eGYCkZ59NNuSgvSrpgOA==",
       "dev": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
-        "tr46": "~0.0.3",
-        "webidl-conversions": "^3.0.0"
+        "data-uri-to-buffer": "^4.0.0",
+        "fetch-blob": "^3.1.4",
+        "formdata-polyfill": "^4.0.10"
+      },
+      "engines": {
+        "node": "^12.20.0 || ^14.13.1 || >=16.0.0"
+      },
+      "funding": {
+        "type": "opencollective",
+        "url": "https://opencollective.com/node-fetch"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/node-preload": {
@@ -9709,6 +9757,16 @@
         "node": ">= 0.8"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/web-streams-polyfill": {
+      "version": "3.3.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/web-streams-polyfill/-/web-streams-polyfill-3.3.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-d2JWLCivmZYTSIoge9MsgFCZrt571BikcWGYkjC1khllbTeDlGqZ2D8vD8E/lJa8WGWbb7Plm8/XJYV7IJHZZw==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">= 8"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/webidl-conversions": {
       "version": "7.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/webidl-conversions/-/webidl-conversions-7.0.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1353f8ab2e..9b7ca6f05e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,13 +30,13 @@
     "mongodb-connection-string-url": "^3.0.2"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
-    "@aws-sdk/credential-providers": "^3.188.0",
-    "@mongodb-js/zstd": "^1.1.0 || ^2.0.0",
-    "gcp-metadata": "^5.2.0",
+    "@aws-sdk/credential-providers": "^3.806.0",
+    "@mongodb-js/zstd": "^2.0.0",
+    "gcp-metadata": "^7.0.1",
     "kerberos": "^2.0.1",
     "mongodb-client-encryption": "^7.0.0-alpha",
-    "snappy": "^7.3.2",
-    "socks": "^2.7.1"
+    "snappy": "^7.3.0",
+    "socks": "^2.8.6"
   },
   "peerDependenciesMeta": {
     "@aws-sdk/credential-providers": {
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
     "eslint-plugin-tsdoc": "^0.4.0",
     "eslint-plugin-unused-imports": "^4.2.0",
     "express": "^5.1.0",
-    "gcp-metadata": "^5.3.0",
+    "gcp-metadata": "^7.0.1",
     "js-yaml": "^4.1.0",
     "mocha": "^11.7.1",
     "mocha-sinon": "^2.1.2",