diff --git a/src/workerd/api/node/tests/BUILD.bazel b/src/workerd/api/node/tests/BUILD.bazel
index a2e66e18718..d998e063458 100644
--- a/src/workerd/api/node/tests/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/src/workerd/api/node/tests/BUILD.bazel
@@ -222,6 +222,12 @@ wd_test(
     data = ["zlib-nodejs-test.js"],
 )
 
+wd_test(
+    src = "zlib-leak-nodejs-test.wd-test",
+    args = ["--experimental"],
+    data = ["zlib-leak-nodejs-test.js"],
+)
+
 wd_test(
     size = "large",
     src = "zlib-zstd-nodejs-test.wd-test",
diff --git a/src/workerd/api/node/tests/zlib-leak-nodejs-test.js b/src/workerd/api/node/tests/zlib-leak-nodejs-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e9e998475e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/workerd/api/node/tests/zlib-leak-nodejs-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Cloudflare, Inc.
+// Licensed under the Apache 2.0 license found in the LICENSE file or at:
+//     https://opensource.org/licenses/Apache-2.0
+
+import { ok } from 'node:assert';
+import {
+  inflateSync,
+  deflateSync,
+  brotliCompressSync,
+  brotliDecompressSync,
+  createInflate,
+} from 'node:zlib';
+
+// Regression test for a memory leak that affected the slow path of the sync
+// zlib convenience methods (i.e. `{ info: true }`). Each call constructed a
+// JSG-bound CompressionStream wrapper that held a `jsg::Function` writeCallback
+// capturing the JS handle, forming an uncollectable JS<->C++ cycle. The fix
+// adds visitForGc() to CompressionStream so V8 can trace through the C++->JS
+// edge and collect the cycle.
+//
+// We verify the fix by holding WeakRefs to the engines returned by `info: true`
+// and asserting they are reclaimed after a GC. Without visitForGc tracing the
+// cycle is immortal and the WeakRefs would still resolve.
+
+const COMPRESSED_DEFLATE = deflateSync(new Uint8Array(1024));
+
+async function awaitGc() {
+  // Multiple GC passes with yields between them; gives the cycle collector
+  // room to reclaim and avoids the conservative stack scanner pinning the
+  // most recent allocation. scheduler.wait is a Workers-platform extension.
+  for (let i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+    await scheduler.wait(0);
+    globalThis.gc();
+  }
+}
+
+// Performing the allocation loop inside a separate function ensures the
+// caller's stack frame doesn't keep the last allocated engine rooted
+// (V8's conservative stack scanner can otherwise pin the most recent
+// value via a register/spill slot).
+function collectRefs(fn) {
+  const refs = [];
+  for (let i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
+    const r = fn();
+    ok(r.engine, 'engine should be present on info result');
+    refs.push(new WeakRef(r.engine));
+  }
+  return refs;
+}
+
+async function expectAllCollected(refs, label) {
+  await awaitGc();
+  let alive = 0;
+  for (const ref of refs) {
+    if (ref.deref() !== undefined) alive++;
+  }
+  // Allow at most a single straggler — V8's conservative stack scanner
+  // can keep the most recently allocated object rooted via a stale
+  // register/spill slot for one extra cycle. The leak we are testing
+  // for is uncollectable cycles, which would leave all of them alive.
+  ok(
+    alive <= 1,
+    `expected ${label} engines to be collected, ${alive} of ${refs.length} still alive`
+  );
+}
+
+export const inflateSyncInfoCollects = {
+  async test() {
+    const refs = collectRefs(() =>
+      inflateSync(COMPRESSED_DEFLATE, { info: true })
+    );
+    await expectAllCollected(refs, 'inflate');
+  },
+};
+
+export const deflateSyncInfoCollects = {
+  async test() {
+    const input = new Uint8Array(1024);
+    const refs = collectRefs(() => deflateSync(input, { info: true }));
+    await expectAllCollected(refs, 'deflate');
+  },
+};
+
+export const brotliSyncInfoCollects = {
+  async test() {
+    const input = new Uint8Array(1024);
+    const compressed = brotliCompressSync(input);
+    const refs = collectRefs(() =>
+      brotliDecompressSync(compressed, { info: true })
+    );
+    await expectAllCollected(refs, 'brotli');
+  },
+};
+
+// Specifically exercises the visitForGc path: createInflate() attaches both
+// writeCallback and errorHandler, forming the JS<->C++ cycle. Dropping the
+// reference without end()/destroy()/close() bypasses the eager-clear in
+// close() and leaves only the GC visitor to break the cycle.
+export const createInflateAbandonedCollects = {
+  async test() {
+    const refs = collectRefs(() => ({ engine: createInflate() }));
+    await expectAllCollected(refs, 'createInflate-abandoned');
+  },
+};
diff --git a/src/workerd/api/node/tests/zlib-leak-nodejs-test.wd-test b/src/workerd/api/node/tests/zlib-leak-nodejs-test.wd-test
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d0a5e4838cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/workerd/api/node/tests/zlib-leak-nodejs-test.wd-test
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+using Workerd = import "/workerd/workerd.capnp";
+
+const unitTests :Workerd.Config = (
+  v8Flags = ["--expose-gc"],
+  services = [
+    ( name = "zlib-leak-nodejs-test",
+      worker = (
+        modules = [
+          (name = "worker", esModule = embed "zlib-leak-nodejs-test.js")
+        ],
+        compatibilityFlags = ["experimental", "nodejs_compat", "nodejs_compat_v2", "nodejs_zlib", "enable_weak_ref"],
+      )
+    ),
+  ],
+);
diff --git a/src/workerd/api/node/zlib-util.c++ b/src/workerd/api/node/zlib-util.c++
index 26316394b00..c757a639a6c 100644
--- a/src/workerd/api/node/zlib-util.c++
+++ b/src/workerd/api/node/zlib-util.c++
@@ -537,6 +537,11 @@ void ZlibUtil::CompressionStream<CompressionContext>::close() {
   }
   closed = true;
   JSG_ASSERT(initialized, Error, "Closing before initialized"_kj);
+  // Drop JS-heap refs eagerly so callers that explicitly close don't have to
+  // wait for the cycle collector. visitForGc handles the unclosed case.
+  writeCallback = kj::none;
+  writeResult = kj::none;
+  errorHandler = kj::none;
   // Context is closed on the destructor of the CompressionContext.
 }
 
diff --git a/src/workerd/api/node/zlib-util.h b/src/workerd/api/node/zlib-util.h
index 35121558a60..9248368e7a5 100644
--- a/src/workerd/api/node/zlib-util.h
+++ b/src/workerd/api/node/zlib-util.h
@@ -447,6 +447,13 @@ class ZlibUtil final: public jsg::Object {
       JSG_METHOD(setErrorHandler);
     }
 
+    // writeCallback and errorHandler typically capture `this`'s JS wrapper
+    // (see internal_zlib_base.ts), forming a JS<->C++ cycle that V8 can only
+    // collect with this tracing.
+    void visitForGc(jsg::GcVisitor& visitor) {
+      visitor.visit(writeCallback, writeResult, errorHandler);
+    }
+
    protected:
     CompressionContext* context() {
       return &context_;