diff --git a/be/test/olap/cumulative_compaction_policy_test.cpp b/be/test/olap/cumulative_compaction_policy_test.cpp
index 21c3d15f9c..e30df7e343 100644
--- a/be/test/olap/cumulative_compaction_policy_test.cpp
+++ b/be/test/olap/cumulative_compaction_policy_test.cpp
@@ -31,9 +31,9 @@ class TestNumBasedCumulativeCompactionPolicy : public testing::Test {
 public:
     TestNumBasedCumulativeCompactionPolicy() {}
     void SetUp() {
-        _tablet_meta = static_cast<TabletMetaSharedPtr>(
-                new TabletMeta(1, 2, 15673, 4, 5, TTabletSchema(), 6, {{7, 8}}, UniqueId(9, 10),
-                               TTabletType::TABLET_TYPE_DISK, TStorageMedium::HDD, ""));
+        _tablet_meta = static_cast<TabletMetaSharedPtr>(new TabletMeta(
+                1, 2, 15673, 4, 5, TTabletSchema(), 6, {{7, 8}}, UniqueId(9, 10),
+                TTabletType::TABLET_TYPE_DISK, TStorageMedium::HDD, "", TCompressionType::LZ4F));
 
         _json_rowset_meta = R"({
             "rowset_id": 540081,
@@ -335,9 +335,9 @@ public:
         config::cumulative_size_based_promotion_min_size_mbytes = 64;
         config::cumulative_size_based_compaction_lower_size_mbytes = 64;
 
-        _tablet_meta = static_cast<TabletMetaSharedPtr>(
-                new TabletMeta(1, 2, 15673, 4, 5, TTabletSchema(), 6, {{7, 8}}, UniqueId(9, 10),
-                               TTabletType::TABLET_TYPE_DISK, TStorageMedium::HDD, ""));
+        _tablet_meta = static_cast<TabletMetaSharedPtr>(new TabletMeta(
+                1, 2, 15673, 4, 5, TTabletSchema(), 6, {{7, 8}}, UniqueId(9, 10),
+                TTabletType::TABLET_TYPE_DISK, TStorageMedium::HDD, "", TCompressionType::LZ4F));
 
         _json_rowset_meta = R"({
             "rowset_id": 540081,
diff --git a/be/test/olap/tablet_meta_test.cpp b/be/test/olap/tablet_meta_test.cpp
index afff946bd8..f728616922 100644
--- a/be/test/olap/tablet_meta_test.cpp
+++ b/be/test/olap/tablet_meta_test.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ TEST(TabletMetaTest, SaveAndParse) {
     std::string meta_path = "./be/test/olap/test_data/tablet_meta_test.hdr";
 
     TabletMeta old_tablet_meta(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, TTabletSchema(), 6, {{7, 8}}, UniqueId(9, 10),
-                               TTabletType::TABLET_TYPE_DISK, TStorageMedium::HDD, "");
+                               TTabletType::TABLET_TYPE_DISK, TStorageMedium::HDD, "",
+                               TCompressionType::LZ4F);
     EXPECT_EQ(Status::OK(), old_tablet_meta.save(meta_path));
 
     {
diff --git a/be/test/olap/tablet_test.cpp b/be/test/olap/tablet_test.cpp
index ba39e1d0fd..d5883ad708 100644
--- a/be/test/olap/tablet_test.cpp
+++ b/be/test/olap/tablet_test.cpp
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ public:
     virtual ~TestTablet() {}
 
     virtual void SetUp() {
-        _tablet_meta = static_cast<TabletMetaSharedPtr>(
-                new TabletMeta(1, 2, 15673, 4, 5, TTabletSchema(), 6, {{7, 8}}, UniqueId(9, 10),
-                               TTabletType::TABLET_TYPE_DISK, TStorageMedium::HDD, ""));
+        _tablet_meta = static_cast<TabletMetaSharedPtr>(new TabletMeta(
+                1, 2, 15673, 4, 5, TTabletSchema(), 6, {{7, 8}}, UniqueId(9, 10),
+                TTabletType::TABLET_TYPE_DISK, TStorageMedium::HDD, "", TCompressionType::LZ4F));
         _json_rowset_meta = R"({
             "rowset_id": 540081,
             "tablet_id": 15673,
diff --git a/be/test/olap/test_data/header_without_inc_rs.txt b/be/test/olap/test_data/header_without_inc_rs.txt
index a55f1f8afa..03cef06a3d 100644
--- a/be/test/olap/test_data/header_without_inc_rs.txt
+++ b/be/test/olap/test_data/header_without_inc_rs.txt
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@
         "delete_sign_idx": -1,
         "sequence_col_idx": -1,
         "sort_type": "LEXICAL",
-        "sort_col_num": 0
+        "sort_col_num": 0,
+        "compression_type": "LZ4F"
     },
     "rs_metas": [
         {
diff --git a/gensrc/proto/olap_file.proto b/gensrc/proto/olap_file.proto
index ac7c08580b..3d5ee5e83a 100644
--- a/gensrc/proto/olap_file.proto
+++ b/gensrc/proto/olap_file.proto
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ message TabletSchemaPB {
     optional int32 sequence_col_idx = 10 [default= -1];
     optional SortType sort_type = 11;
     optional int32 sort_col_num = 12;
-    optional segment_v2.CompressionTypePB compression_type = 13;
+    optional segment_v2.CompressionTypePB compression_type = 13 [default=LZ4F];
 }
 
 enum TabletStatePB {