diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 2ddd37e8..bfe70fb7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "thousands",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-stream",
+ "tokio-util",
  "tracing",
  "udf_metrics",
  "url",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1e218ea6..a0d08149 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ tokio-postgres = { version = "0.7.10", features = [ "with-serde_json-1" ] }
 tokio-process-stream = { version = "0.4.0" }
 tokio-stream = { version = "0.1", features = [ "io-util", "sync", "signal" ] }
 tokio-tungstenite = { version = "0.21.0", features = [ "native-tls-vendored" ] }
-tokio-util = { version = "0.7.13" }
+tokio-util = { version = "0.7.13", features = [ "io" ] }
 tonic = { version = "0.12.3", features = [ "gzip" ] }
 tonic-build = "0.12.3"
 tonic-health = "0.12.3"
diff --git a/crates/application/Cargo.toml b/crates/application/Cargo.toml
index 9e4909d0..80525fd0 100644
--- a/crates/application/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/application/Cargo.toml
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ thiserror = { workspace = true }
 thousands = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true }
 tokio-stream = { workspace = true }
+tokio-util = { workspace = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
 udf_metrics = { path = "../udf_metrics" }
 url = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/application/src/exports/export_storage.rs b/crates/application/src/exports/export_storage.rs
index 5b228561..12e56001 100644
--- a/crates/application/src/exports/export_storage.rs
+++ b/crates/application/src/exports/export_storage.rs
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ use serde::{
 };
 use serde_json::json;
 use storage::StorageExt;
+use tokio_util::io::StreamReader;
 use usage_tracking::{
     FunctionUsageTracker,
     StorageCallTracker,
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ pub async fn write_storage_table<'a, 'b: 'a, RT: Runtime>(
             file_stream.content_length as u64,
         );
         zip_snapshot_upload
-            .stream_full_file(path, file_stream.stream)
+            .stream_full_file(path, StreamReader::new(file_stream.stream))
             .await?;
     }
     Ok(())
diff --git a/crates/application/src/exports/zip_uploader.rs b/crates/application/src/exports/zip_uploader.rs
index 4f0ebddf..f5108c61 100644
--- a/crates/application/src/exports/zip_uploader.rs
+++ b/crates/application/src/exports/zip_uploader.rs
@@ -15,9 +15,8 @@ use common::{
     types::TableName,
 };
 use futures::{
-    stream::BoxStream,
+    pin_mut,
     AsyncWriteExt,
-    TryStreamExt,
 };
 use serde_json::{
     json,
@@ -28,6 +27,7 @@ use shape_inference::{
     ShapeConfig,
 };
 use storage::ChannelWriter;
+use tokio::io::AsyncBufRead;
 use value::export::ValueFormat;
 
 static AFTER_DOCUMENTS_CLEAN: Bytes = Bytes::from_static("\n".as_bytes());
@@ -96,35 +96,22 @@ impl<'a> ZipSnapshotUpload<'a> {
         let writer = ZipFileWriter::new(out);
         let mut zip_snapshot_upload = Self { writer };
         zip_snapshot_upload
-            .write_full_file(format!("README.md"), README_MD_CONTENTS)
+            .stream_full_file("README.md".to_owned(), README_MD_CONTENTS.as_bytes())
             .await?;
         Ok(zip_snapshot_upload)
     }
 
-    async fn write_full_file(&mut self, path: String, contents: &str) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
-        let builder = ZipEntryBuilder::new(path, Compression::Deflate)
-            .unix_permissions(ZIP_ENTRY_PERMISSIONS);
-        let mut entry_writer = self.writer.write_entry_stream(builder.build()).await?;
-        entry_writer
-            .compat_mut_write()
-            .write_all(contents.as_bytes())
-            .await?;
-        entry_writer.close().await?;
-        Ok(())
-    }
-
     #[minitrace::trace]
     pub async fn stream_full_file(
         &mut self,
         path: String,
-        mut contents: BoxStream<'_, std::io::Result<Bytes>>,
+        contents: impl AsyncBufRead,
     ) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         let builder = ZipEntryBuilder::new(path, Compression::Deflate)
             .unix_permissions(ZIP_ENTRY_PERMISSIONS);
         let mut entry_writer = self.writer.write_entry_stream(builder.build()).await?;
-        while let Some(chunk) = contents.try_next().await? {
-            entry_writer.compat_mut_write().write_all(&chunk).await?;
-        }
+        pin_mut!(contents);
+        tokio::io::copy_buf(&mut contents, &mut entry_writer).await?;
         entry_writer.close().await?;
         Ok(())
     }