diff --git a/release/docker/package_docker b/release/docker/package_docker
index d5109267b..c827a7520 100755
--- a/release/docker/package_docker
+++ b/release/docker/package_docker
@@ -56,6 +56,6 @@ image_package_name="memgraph-${version}-docker.tar.gz"
 
 # Build docker image.
 docker build -t ${image_name} ${tag_latest} -f ${dockerfile_path} --build-arg release=${package_name}.${extension} .
-docker save ${image_name} ${latest_image} > ${image_package_name}
+docker save ${image_name} ${latest_image} | gzip > ${image_package_name}
 rm "${package_name}.${extension}"
 echo "Built Docker image at '${working_dir}/${image_package_name}'"