diff --git a/.github/workflows/vol_log.yml b/.github/workflows/vol_log.yml
index 287cf6c1ffb..5dadbe6e8c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/vol_log.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/vol_log.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
             -DHDF5_ENABLE_PARALLEL:BOOL=ON \
             -DHDF5_ENABLE_THREADSAFE:BOOL=ON \
             -DHDF5_ALLOW_UNSUPPORTED:BOOL=ON \
-            -DHDF5_ENABLE_ZLIB_SUPPORT:BOOL=OFF \
+            -DHDF5_ENABLE_ZLIB_SUPPORT:BOOL=ON \
             -DHDF5_ENABLE_SZIP_SUPPORT:BOOL=OFF \
             ${{ github.workspace }}/hdf5
           cat src/libhdf5.settings