diff --git a/docs/content/migration/iceberg-compatibility.md b/docs/content/migration/iceberg-compatibility.md
index 01a03a45264d..8e4d3c90176b 100644
--- a/docs/content/migration/iceberg-compatibility.md
+++ b/docs/content/migration/iceberg-compatibility.md
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ you also need to set some (or all) of the following table options when creating
     </tr>
     <tr>
       <td><h5>metadata.iceberg.manifest-compression</h5></td>
-      <td style="word-wrap: break-word;">gzip</td>
+      <td style="word-wrap: break-word;">snappy</td>
       <td>String</td>
       <td>Compression for Iceberg manifest files.</td>
     </tr>
diff --git a/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/iceberg/IcebergOptions.java b/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/iceberg/IcebergOptions.java
index 4b59e29c8c33..55fbab5158fa 100644
--- a/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/iceberg/IcebergOptions.java
+++ b/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/iceberg/IcebergOptions.java
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public class IcebergOptions {
             key("metadata.iceberg.manifest-compression")
                     .stringType()
                     .defaultValue(
-                            "gzip") // some Iceberg reader cannot support zstd, for example DuckDB
+                            "snappy") // some Iceberg reader cannot support zstd, for example DuckDB
                     .withDescription("Compression for Iceberg manifest files.");
 
     public static final ConfigOption<Boolean> MANIFEST_LEGACY_VERSION =
diff --git a/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/iceberg/manifest/IcebergManifestFile.java b/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/iceberg/manifest/IcebergManifestFile.java
index 57484a1f3ff9..5955da6220f8 100644
--- a/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/iceberg/manifest/IcebergManifestFile.java
+++ b/paimon-core/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/iceberg/manifest/IcebergManifestFile.java
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
 package org.apache.paimon.iceberg.manifest;
 
-import org.apache.paimon.CoreOptions;
 import org.apache.paimon.annotation.VisibleForTesting;
 import org.apache.paimon.format.FileFormat;
 import org.apache.paimon.format.FormatReaderFactory;
@@ -111,7 +110,7 @@ public static IcebergManifestFile create(FileStoreTable table, IcebergPathFactor
     }
 
     public List<IcebergManifestFileMeta> rollingWrite(
-            Iterator<IcebergManifestEntry> entries, long sequenceNumber) throws IOException {
+            Iterator<IcebergManifestEntry> entries, long sequenceNumber) {
         RollingFileWriter<IcebergManifestEntry, IcebergManifestFileMeta> writer =
                 new RollingFileWriter<>(
                         () -> createWriter(sequenceNumber), targetFileSize.getBytes());
@@ -127,10 +126,7 @@ public List<IcebergManifestFileMeta> rollingWrite(
     public SingleFileWriter<IcebergManifestEntry, IcebergManifestFileMeta> createWriter(
             long sequenceNumber) {
         return new IcebergManifestEntryWriter(
-                writerFactory,
-                pathFactory.newPath(),
-                CoreOptions.FILE_COMPRESSION.defaultValue(),
-                sequenceNumber);
+                writerFactory, pathFactory.newPath(), compression, sequenceNumber);
     }
 
     private class IcebergManifestEntryWriter
diff --git a/paimon-core/src/test/java/org/apache/paimon/iceberg/IcebergCompatibilityTest.java b/paimon-core/src/test/java/org/apache/paimon/iceberg/IcebergCompatibilityTest.java
index b069ac031d38..e5b550ff94c4 100644
--- a/paimon-core/src/test/java/org/apache/paimon/iceberg/IcebergCompatibilityTest.java
+++ b/paimon-core/src/test/java/org/apache/paimon/iceberg/IcebergCompatibilityTest.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import org.apache.paimon.data.GenericRow;
 import org.apache.paimon.data.Timestamp;
 import org.apache.paimon.disk.IOManagerImpl;
+import org.apache.paimon.fs.FileIO;
 import org.apache.paimon.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.paimon.fs.local.LocalFileIO;
 import org.apache.paimon.iceberg.manifest.IcebergManifestFile;
@@ -281,9 +282,10 @@ public void testIcebergSnapshotExpire() throws Exception {
         write.write(GenericRow.of(2, 20));
         commit.commit(1, write.prepareCommit(false, 1));
         assertThat(table.snapshotManager().latestSnapshotId()).isEqualTo(1L);
+        FileIO fileIO = table.fileIO();
         IcebergMetadata metadata =
                 IcebergMetadata.fromPath(
-                        table.fileIO(), new Path(table.location(), "metadata/v1.metadata.json"));
+                        fileIO, new Path(table.location(), "metadata/v1.metadata.json"));
         assertThat(metadata.snapshots()).hasSize(1);
         assertThat(metadata.currentSnapshotId()).isEqualTo(1);
 
@@ -294,7 +296,7 @@ public void testIcebergSnapshotExpire() throws Exception {
         assertThat(table.snapshotManager().latestSnapshotId()).isEqualTo(3L);
         metadata =
                 IcebergMetadata.fromPath(
-                        table.fileIO(), new Path(table.location(), "metadata/v3.metadata.json"));
+                        fileIO, new Path(table.location(), "metadata/v3.metadata.json"));
         assertThat(metadata.snapshots()).hasSize(3);
         assertThat(metadata.currentSnapshotId()).isEqualTo(3);
 
@@ -304,15 +306,25 @@ public void testIcebergSnapshotExpire() throws Exception {
         IcebergPathFactory pathFactory =
                 new IcebergPathFactory(new Path(table.location(), "metadata"));
         IcebergManifestList manifestList = IcebergManifestList.create(table, pathFactory);
-        assertThat(manifestList.compression()).isEqualTo("gzip");
+        assertThat(manifestList.compression()).isEqualTo("snappy");
 
         IcebergManifestFile manifestFile = IcebergManifestFile.create(table, pathFactory);
-        assertThat(manifestFile.compression()).isEqualTo("gzip");
+        assertThat(manifestFile.compression()).isEqualTo("snappy");
 
         Set<String> usingManifests = new HashSet<>();
         String manifestListFile = new Path(metadata.currentSnapshot().manifestList()).getName();
+
+        assertThat(fileIO.readFileUtf8(new Path(pathFactory.metadataDirectory(), manifestListFile)))
+                .contains("snappy");
+
         for (IcebergManifestFileMeta fileMeta : manifestList.read(manifestListFile)) {
             usingManifests.add(fileMeta.manifestPath());
+            assertThat(
+                            fileIO.readFileUtf8(
+                                    new Path(
+                                            pathFactory.metadataDirectory(),
+                                            fileMeta.manifestPath())))
+                    .contains("snappy");
         }
 
         IcebergManifestList legacyManifestList =
@@ -345,7 +357,7 @@ public void testIcebergSnapshotExpire() throws Exception {
         assertThat(table.snapshotManager().latestSnapshotId()).isEqualTo(5L);
         metadata =
                 IcebergMetadata.fromPath(
-                        table.fileIO(), new Path(table.location(), "metadata/v5.metadata.json"));
+                        fileIO, new Path(table.location(), "metadata/v5.metadata.json"));
         assertThat(metadata.snapshots()).hasSize(3);
         assertThat(metadata.currentSnapshotId()).isEqualTo(5);
 
@@ -358,7 +370,7 @@ public void testIcebergSnapshotExpire() throws Exception {
         }
 
         for (String path : unusedFiles) {
-            assertThat(table.fileIO().exists(new Path(path))).isFalse();
+            assertThat(fileIO.exists(new Path(path))).isFalse();
         }
 
         // Test all existing Iceberg snapshots are valid.
diff --git a/paimon-format/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/format/avro/AvroFileFormat.java b/paimon-format/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/format/avro/AvroFileFormat.java
index 63a51c0a13a9..fcce9ae50530 100644
--- a/paimon-format/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/format/avro/AvroFileFormat.java
+++ b/paimon-format/src/main/java/org/apache/paimon/format/avro/AvroFileFormat.java
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ private CodecFactory createCodecFactory(String compression) {
         if (compression.equalsIgnoreCase("zstd")) {
             return CodecFactory.zstandardCodec(zstdLevel);
         }
-        return CodecFactory.fromString(options.get(AVRO_OUTPUT_CODEC));
+        return CodecFactory.fromString(compression);
     }
 
     /** A {@link FormatWriterFactory} to write {@link InternalRow}. */
diff --git a/paimon-format/src/test/java/org/apache/paimon/format/avro/AvroFileFormatTest.java b/paimon-format/src/test/java/org/apache/paimon/format/avro/AvroFileFormatTest.java
index 3f6486baaef2..9c0dbb43fe62 100644
--- a/paimon-format/src/test/java/org/apache/paimon/format/avro/AvroFileFormatTest.java
+++ b/paimon-format/src/test/java/org/apache/paimon/format/avro/AvroFileFormatTest.java
@@ -198,4 +198,16 @@ private void checkException() throws IOException {
                 .isInstanceOf(IOException.class)
                 .hasMessageContaining("Artificial exception");
     }
+
+    @Test
+    void testCompression() throws IOException {
+        RowType rowType = DataTypes.ROW(DataTypes.INT().notNull());
+        AvroFileFormat format = new AvroFileFormat(new FormatContext(new Options(), 1024, 1024));
+        LocalFileIO localFileIO = LocalFileIO.create();
+        Path file = new Path(new Path(tempPath.toUri()), UUID.randomUUID().toString());
+        try (PositionOutputStream out = localFileIO.newOutputStream(file, false)) {
+            assertThatThrownBy(() -> format.createWriterFactory(rowType).create(out, "unsupported"))
+                    .hasMessageContaining("Unrecognized codec: unsupported");
+        }
+    }
 }