diff --git a/cmd/wfctl/plugin_conformance_test.go b/cmd/wfctl/plugin_conformance_test.go
index 9301b22c..494dffca 100644
--- a/cmd/wfctl/plugin_conformance_test.go
+++ b/cmd/wfctl/plugin_conformance_test.go
@@ -425,7 +425,11 @@ func writeTarGzFromDir(t *testing.T, srcDir, dest string) {
 		t.Fatalf("create archive: %v", err)
 	}
 	defer f.Close()
-	gw := gzip.NewWriter(f)
+	// Fixture compression need not spend the full race-test budget on release binaries.
+	gw, err := gzip.NewWriterLevel(f, gzip.BestSpeed)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("create fixture gzip writer: %v", err)
+	}
 	defer gw.Close()
 	tw := tar.NewWriter(gw)
 	defer tw.Close()
@@ -474,7 +478,11 @@ func writeTarGzFiles(t *testing.T, dest string, files map[string]string) {
 		t.Fatalf("create archive: %v", err)
 	}
 	defer f.Close()
-	gw := gzip.NewWriter(f)
+	// Preserve real gzip archives while avoiding expensive default-level fixture compression.
+	gw, err := gzip.NewWriterLevel(f, gzip.BestSpeed)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("create fixture gzip writer: %v", err)
+	}
 	defer gw.Close()
 	tw := tar.NewWriter(gw)
 	defer tw.Close()
diff --git a/example/go.mod b/example/go.mod
index 62d1b487..aa0cfcdc 100644
--- a/example/go.mod
+++ b/example/go.mod
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/reugn/go-quartz v0.15.2 // indirect
 	github.com/robfig/cron/v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/ryanuber/go-glob v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v6 v6.0.2 // indirect
+	github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v6 v6.0.3 // indirect
 	github.com/sean-/seed v0.0.0-20170313163322-e2103e2c3529 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.10 // indirect
 	github.com/tidwall/btree v1.8.1 // indirect
diff --git a/example/go.sum b/example/go.sum
index 3e0ec393..22223f9f 100644
--- a/example/go.sum
+++ b/example/go.sum
@@ -479,8 +479,8 @@ github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.14.1 h1:UQB4HGPB6osV0SQTLymcB4TgvyWu6ZyliaW0t
 github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.14.1/go.mod h1:MaRKkUm5W0goXpeCfT7UZI6fk/L7L7so1lCWt35ZSgc=
 github.com/ryanuber/go-glob v1.0.0 h1:iQh3xXAumdQ+4Ufa5b25cRpC5TYKlno6hsv6Cb3pkBk=
 github.com/ryanuber/go-glob v1.0.0/go.mod h1:807d1WSdnB0XRJzKNil9Om6lcp/3a0v4qIHxIXzX/Yc=
-github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v6 v6.0.2 h1:KRzFb2m7YtdldCEkzs6KqmJw4nqEVZGK7IN2kJkjTuQ=
-github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v6 v6.0.2/go.mod h1:JXeL+ps8p7/KNMjDQk3TCwPpBy0wYklyWTfbkIzdIFU=
+github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v6 v6.0.3 h1:1EYB5IzjZawrrnELUi78f9fPu57HuXjmddZPjrls/28=
+github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v6 v6.0.3/go.mod h1:JXeL+ps8p7/KNMjDQk3TCwPpBy0wYklyWTfbkIzdIFU=
 github.com/sean-/seed v0.0.0-20170313163322-e2103e2c3529 h1:nn5Wsu0esKSJiIVhscUtVbo7ada43DJhG55ua/hjS5I=
 github.com/sean-/seed v0.0.0-20170313163322-e2103e2c3529/go.mod h1:DxrIzT+xaE7yg65j358z/aeFdxmN0P9QXhEzd20vsDc=
 github.com/shirou/gopsutil/v4 v4.26.5 h1:RPcBXkpz7kOj9PqGFQOlBPZHsyaPvPVQc098y9RmCNM=
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0e7958ce..00acaed8 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/prometheus/client_model v0.6.2
 	github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 v9.21.0
 	github.com/rhysd/actionlint v1.7.12
-	github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v6 v6.0.2
+	github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v6 v6.0.3
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1
 	github.com/stripe/stripe-go/v82 v82.5.1
 	github.com/tliron/glsp v0.2.2
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a71a2978..852f4613 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -579,8 +579,8 @@ github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.14.1/go.mod h1:MaRKkUm5W0goXpeCfT7UZI6fk/L7L7
 github.com/russross/blackfriday/v2 v2.1.0/go.mod h1:+Rmxgy9KzJVeS9/2gXHxylqXiyQDYRxCVz55jmeOWTM=
 github.com/ryanuber/go-glob v1.0.0 h1:iQh3xXAumdQ+4Ufa5b25cRpC5TYKlno6hsv6Cb3pkBk=
 github.com/ryanuber/go-glob v1.0.0/go.mod h1:807d1WSdnB0XRJzKNil9Om6lcp/3a0v4qIHxIXzX/Yc=
-github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v6 v6.0.2 h1:KRzFb2m7YtdldCEkzs6KqmJw4nqEVZGK7IN2kJkjTuQ=
-github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v6 v6.0.2/go.mod h1:JXeL+ps8p7/KNMjDQk3TCwPpBy0wYklyWTfbkIzdIFU=
+github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v6 v6.0.3 h1:1EYB5IzjZawrrnELUi78f9fPu57HuXjmddZPjrls/28=
+github.com/santhosh-tekuri/jsonschema/v6 v6.0.3/go.mod h1:JXeL+ps8p7/KNMjDQk3TCwPpBy0wYklyWTfbkIzdIFU=
 github.com/sasha-s/go-deadlock v0.3.9 h1:fiaT9rB7g5sr5ddNZvlwheclN9IP86eFW9WgqlEQV+w=
 github.com/sasha-s/go-deadlock v0.3.9/go.mod h1:KuZj51ZFmx42q/mPaYbRk0P1xcwe697zsJKE03vD4/Y=
 github.com/sean-/seed v0.0.0-20170313163322-e2103e2c3529 h1:nn5Wsu0esKSJiIVhscUtVbo7ada43DJhG55ua/hjS5I=