diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 28b36002..f741bbdc 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1705,6 +1705,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "insta-cmd",
  "itertools",
  "libc",
+ "liblzma",
  "miette",
  "owo-colors",
  "pprof",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index df10e33d..adb86315 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ http = { version = "1.1.0" }
 indicatif = { version = "0.18.0" }
 indoc = { version = "2.0.5" }
 itertools = { version = "0.14.0" }
+# Enable static linking for liblzma
+# This is required for the `xz` feature in `async-compression`
+liblzma = { version = "*", features = ["static"]}
 miette = { version = "7.5.0", features = ["fancy-no-backtrace"] }
 owo-colors = { version = "4.1.0" }
 rand = { version = "0.9.0" }
@@ -85,6 +88,9 @@ insta-cmd = { version = "0.6.0" }
 predicates = { version = "3.1.2" }
 regex = { version = "1.11.0" }
 
+[package.metadata.cargo-shear]
+ignored = ["liblzma"]
+
 [build-dependencies]
 fs-err = { version = "3.1.0" }