diff --git a/baseapp/baseapp_test.go b/baseapp/baseapp_test.go
index bf5d6b213e8d..5780720fc9ab 100644
--- a/baseapp/baseapp_test.go
+++ b/baseapp/baseapp_test.go
@@ -1792,7 +1792,7 @@ func TestSnapshotWithPruning(t *testing.T) {
 				pruningOpts:        pruningtypes.NewPruningOptions(pruningtypes.PruningNothing),
 			},
 			expectedSnapshots: []*abci.Snapshot{
-				{Height: 20, Format: 2, Chunks: 5},
+				{Height: 20, Format: snapshottypes.CurrentFormat, Chunks: 5},
 			},
 		},
 		"prune everything with snapshot": {
@@ -1804,7 +1804,7 @@ func TestSnapshotWithPruning(t *testing.T) {
 				pruningOpts:        pruningtypes.NewPruningOptions(pruningtypes.PruningEverything),
 			},
 			expectedSnapshots: []*abci.Snapshot{
-				{Height: 20, Format: 2, Chunks: 5},
+				{Height: 20, Format: snapshottypes.CurrentFormat, Chunks: 5},
 			},
 		},
 		"default pruning with snapshot": {
@@ -1816,7 +1816,7 @@ func TestSnapshotWithPruning(t *testing.T) {
 				pruningOpts:        pruningtypes.NewPruningOptions(pruningtypes.PruningDefault),
 			},
 			expectedSnapshots: []*abci.Snapshot{
-				{Height: 20, Format: 2, Chunks: 5},
+				{Height: 20, Format: snapshottypes.CurrentFormat, Chunks: 5},
 			},
 		},
 		"custom": {
@@ -1828,8 +1828,8 @@ func TestSnapshotWithPruning(t *testing.T) {
 				pruningOpts:        pruningtypes.NewCustomPruningOptions(12, 12),
 			},
 			expectedSnapshots: []*abci.Snapshot{
-				{Height: 25, Format: 2, Chunks: 6},
-				{Height: 20, Format: 2, Chunks: 5},
+				{Height: 25, Format: snapshottypes.CurrentFormat, Chunks: 6},
+				{Height: 20, Format: snapshottypes.CurrentFormat, Chunks: 5},
 			},
 		},
 		"no snapshots": {
@@ -1850,9 +1850,9 @@ func TestSnapshotWithPruning(t *testing.T) {
 				pruningOpts:        pruningtypes.NewPruningOptions(pruningtypes.PruningNothing),
 			},
 			expectedSnapshots: []*abci.Snapshot{
-				{Height: 9, Format: 2, Chunks: 2},
-				{Height: 6, Format: 2, Chunks: 2},
-				{Height: 3, Format: 2, Chunks: 1},
+				{Height: 9, Format: snapshottypes.CurrentFormat, Chunks: 2},
+				{Height: 6, Format: snapshottypes.CurrentFormat, Chunks: 2},
+				{Height: 3, Format: snapshottypes.CurrentFormat, Chunks: 1},
 			},
 		},
 	}
@@ -1928,7 +1928,7 @@ func TestLoadSnapshotChunk(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		"Existing snapshot": {2, snapshottypes.CurrentFormat, 1, false},
 		"Missing height":    {100, snapshottypes.CurrentFormat, 1, true},
-		"Missing format":    {2, 3, 1, true},
+		"Missing format":    {2, 4, 1, true},
 		"Missing chunk":     {2, snapshottypes.CurrentFormat, 9, true},
 		"Zero height":       {0, snapshottypes.CurrentFormat, 1, true},
 		"Zero format":       {2, 0, 1, true},
diff --git a/snapshots/helpers_test.go b/snapshots/helpers_test.go
index 24051a17a927..412b7de6caac 100644
--- a/snapshots/helpers_test.go
+++ b/snapshots/helpers_test.go
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ func snapshotItems(items [][]byte) [][]byte {
 			_ = snapshottypes.WriteExtensionItem(protoWriter, item)
 		}
 		_ = protoWriter.Close()
-		_ = zWriter.Close()
 		_ = bufWriter.Flush()
 		_ = chunkWriter.Close()
 	}()
diff --git a/snapshots/manager_test.go b/snapshots/manager_test.go
index 7fbddd6c7d6d..8f8e8d3da8d7 100644
--- a/snapshots/manager_test.go
+++ b/snapshots/manager_test.go
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func TestManager_Take(t *testing.T) {
 		Height: 5,
 		Format: snapshotter.SnapshotFormat(),
 		Chunks: 1,
-		Hash:   []uint8{0xcd, 0x17, 0x9e, 0x7f, 0x28, 0xb6, 0x82, 0x90, 0xc7, 0x25, 0xf3, 0x42, 0xac, 0x65, 0x73, 0x50, 0xaa, 0xa0, 0x10, 0x5c, 0x40, 0x8c, 0xd5, 0x1, 0xed, 0x82, 0xb5, 0xca, 0x8b, 0xe0, 0x83, 0xa2},
+		Hash:   []uint8{0xcf, 0xd8, 0x16, 0xd2, 0xf8, 0x11, 0xe8, 0x90, 0x92, 0xf1, 0xfe, 0x3b, 0xea, 0xd2, 0x94, 0xfc, 0xfa, 0x4f, 0x9e, 0x2a, 0x91, 0xbe, 0xb0, 0x50, 0x83, 0xe9, 0x28, 0x62, 0x48, 0x6a, 0x4b, 0x4},
 		Metadata: types.Metadata{
 			ChunkHashes: checksums(expectChunks),
 		},
diff --git a/snapshots/stream.go b/snapshots/stream.go
index 935028313bb5..ce000f3e9c3d 100644
--- a/snapshots/stream.go
+++ b/snapshots/stream.go
@@ -57,10 +57,6 @@ func (sw *StreamWriter) Close() error {
 		sw.chunkWriter.CloseWithError(err)
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := sw.zWriter.Close(); err != nil {
-		sw.chunkWriter.CloseWithError(err)
-		return err
-	}
 	if err := sw.bufWriter.Flush(); err != nil {
 		sw.chunkWriter.CloseWithError(err)
 		return err
diff --git a/snapshots/types/format.go b/snapshots/types/format.go
index d5e960660ac9..317b6a6e329e 100644
--- a/snapshots/types/format.go
+++ b/snapshots/types/format.go
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ package types
 // CurrentFormat is the currently used format for snapshots. Snapshots using the same format
 // must be identical across all nodes for a given height, so this must be bumped when the binary
 // snapshot output changes.
-const CurrentFormat uint32 = 2
+const CurrentFormat uint32 = 3
diff --git a/store/rootmulti/snapshot_test.go b/store/rootmulti/snapshot_test.go
index bad1603da7c9..de7880788eee 100644
--- a/store/rootmulti/snapshot_test.go
+++ b/store/rootmulti/snapshot_test.go
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func TestMultistoreSnapshot_Checksum(t *testing.T) {
 			"aa048b4ee0f484965d7b3b06822cf0772cdcaad02f3b1b9055e69f2cb365ef3c",
 			"7921eaa3ed4921341e504d9308a9877986a879fe216a099c86e8db66fcba4c63",
 			"a4a864e6c02c9fca5837ec80dc84f650b25276ed7e4820cf7516ced9f9901b86",
-			"ca2879ac6e7205d257440131ba7e72bef784cd61642e32b847729e543c1928b9",
+			"980925390cc50f14998ecb1e87de719ca9dd7e72f5fefbe445397bf670f36c31",
 		}},
 	}
 	for _, tc := range testcases {
diff --git a/store/v2alpha1/multi/snapshot_test.go b/store/v2alpha1/multi/snapshot_test.go
index 77637910e768..c3d1a7baf82f 100644
--- a/store/v2alpha1/multi/snapshot_test.go
+++ b/store/v2alpha1/multi/snapshot_test.go
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ func TestMultistoreSnapshot_Checksum(t *testing.T) {
 			"05dfef0e32c34ef3900300f9de51f228d7fb204fa8f4e4d0d1529f083d122029",
 			"77d30aeeb427b0bdcedf3639adde1e822c15233d652782e171125280875aa492",
 			"c00c3801da889ea4370f0e647ffe1e291bd47f500e2a7269611eb4cc198b993f",
-			"6d565eb28776631f3e3e764decd53436c3be073a8a01fa5434afd539f9ae6eda",
+			"df5b8eeea83ca7f1e10824d0161bff46200ca12c02f50c1f42c8ed156368493e",
 		}},
 	}
 	for _, tc := range testcases {