diff --git a/config/webpack.config.js b/config/webpack.config.js
index 6a347c2e660..2637e6ab732 100644
--- a/config/webpack.config.js
+++ b/config/webpack.config.js
@@ -277,14 +277,9 @@ if (IS_PRODUCTION) {
     })
   );
 
-  // zopfli requires a lot of compute time and is disabled in CI
+  // compression can require a lot of compute time and is disabled in CI
   if (!NO_COMPRESSION) {
-    // gracefully fall back to gzip if `node-zopfli` is unavailable (e.g. in CentOS 6)
-    try {
-      config.plugins.push(new CompressionPlugin({ algorithm: 'zopfli' }));
-    } catch(err) {
-      config.plugins.push(new CompressionPlugin({ algorithm: 'gzip' }));
-    }
+    config.plugins.push(new CompressionPlugin());
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index cbb9be3a27f..5670ac47151 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     "babel-preset-latest": "^6.24.0",
     "babel-preset-stage-2": "^6.22.0",
     "bootstrap-sass": "^3.3.6",
-    "compression-webpack-plugin": "^0.3.2",
+    "compression-webpack-plugin": "^1.0.0",
     "copy-webpack-plugin": "^4.0.1",
     "core-js": "^2.4.1",
     "cropper": "^2.3.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 460cf856706..1e258c75474 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -220,14 +220,16 @@ async-each@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/async-each/-/async-each-1.0.1.tgz#19d386a1d9edc6e7c1c85d388aedbcc56d33602d"
 
-async@0.2.x:
-  version "0.2.10"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/async/-/async-0.2.10.tgz#b6bbe0b0674b9d719708ca38de8c237cb526c3d1"
-
 async@1.x, async@^1.4.0, async@^1.4.2, async@^1.5.2:
   version "1.5.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/async/-/async-1.5.2.tgz#ec6a61ae56480c0c3cb241c95618e20892f9672a"
 
+async@2.4.1:
+  version "2.4.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/async/-/async-2.4.1.tgz#62a56b279c98a11d0987096a01cc3eeb8eb7bbd7"
+  dependencies:
+    lodash "^4.14.0"
+
 async@^2.1.2, async@^2.1.4:
   version "2.1.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/async/-/async-2.1.4.tgz#2d2160c7788032e4dd6cbe2502f1f9a2c8f6cde4"
@@ -1134,10 +1136,6 @@ caniuse-db@^1.0.30000529, caniuse-db@^1.0.30000634, caniuse-db@^1.0.30000639:
   version "1.0.30000649"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/caniuse-db/-/caniuse-db-1.0.30000649.tgz#1ee1754a6df235450c8b7cd15e0ebf507221a86a"
 
-caseless@~0.11.0:
-  version "0.11.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/caseless/-/caseless-0.11.0.tgz#715b96ea9841593cc33067923f5ec60ebda4f7d7"
-
 caseless@~0.12.0:
   version "0.12.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/caseless/-/caseless-0.12.0.tgz#1b681c21ff84033c826543090689420d187151dc"
@@ -1305,7 +1303,7 @@ combined-stream@^1.0.5, combined-stream@~1.0.5:
   dependencies:
     delayed-stream "~1.0.0"
 
-commander@^2.8.1, commander@^2.9.0:
+commander@^2.9.0:
   version "2.9.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/commander/-/commander-2.9.0.tgz#9c99094176e12240cb22d6c5146098400fe0f7d4"
   dependencies:
@@ -1337,14 +1335,12 @@ compressible@~2.0.8:
   dependencies:
     mime-db ">= 1.24.0 < 2"
 
-compression-webpack-plugin@^0.3.2:
-  version "0.3.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/compression-webpack-plugin/-/compression-webpack-plugin-0.3.2.tgz#1edfb0e749d7366d3e701670c463359b2c0cf704"
+compression-webpack-plugin@^1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/compression-webpack-plugin/-/compression-webpack-plugin-1.0.0.tgz#5c5eb6afd08ca6a5d66006eeef71da17b01bd676"
   dependencies:
-    async "0.2.x"
-    webpack-sources "^0.1.0"
-  optionalDependencies:
-    node-zopfli "^2.0.0"
+    async "2.4.1"
+    webpack-sources "^1.0.1"
 
 compression@^1.5.2:
   version "1.6.2"
@@ -1721,12 +1717,6 @@ default-require-extensions@^1.0.0:
   dependencies:
     strip-bom "^2.0.0"
 
-defaults@^1.0.2:
-  version "1.0.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/defaults/-/defaults-1.0.3.tgz#c656051e9817d9ff08ed881477f3fe4019f3ef7d"
-  dependencies:
-    clone "^1.0.2"
-
 defined@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/defined/-/defined-1.0.0.tgz#c98d9bcef75674188e110969151199e39b1fa693"
@@ -2592,7 +2582,7 @@ fsevents@^1.0.0:
     nan "^2.3.0"
     node-pre-gyp "^0.6.36"
 
-fstream-ignore@^1.0.5, fstream-ignore@~1.0.5:
+fstream-ignore@^1.0.5:
   version "1.0.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fstream-ignore/-/fstream-ignore-1.0.5.tgz#9c31dae34767018fe1d249b24dada67d092da105"
   dependencies:
@@ -2600,7 +2590,7 @@ fstream-ignore@^1.0.5, fstream-ignore@~1.0.5:
     inherits "2"
     minimatch "^3.0.0"
 
-fstream@^1.0.0, fstream@^1.0.2, fstream@~1.0.10:
+fstream@^1.0.0, fstream@^1.0.2:
   version "1.0.10"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fstream/-/fstream-1.0.10.tgz#604e8a92fe26ffd9f6fae30399d4984e1ab22822"
   dependencies:
@@ -2622,20 +2612,6 @@ function-bind@^1.0.2:
   version "1.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/function-bind/-/function-bind-1.1.0.tgz#16176714c801798e4e8f2cf7f7529467bb4a5771"
 
-gauge@~2.7.1:
-  version "2.7.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/gauge/-/gauge-2.7.2.tgz#15cecc31b02d05345a5d6b0e171cdb3ad2307774"
-  dependencies:
-    aproba "^1.0.3"
-    console-control-strings "^1.0.0"
-    has-unicode "^2.0.0"
-    object-assign "^4.1.0"
-    signal-exit "^3.0.0"
-    string-width "^1.0.1"
-    strip-ansi "^3.0.1"
-    supports-color "^0.2.0"
-    wide-align "^1.1.0"
-
 gauge@~2.7.3:
   version "2.7.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/gauge/-/gauge-2.7.4.tgz#2c03405c7538c39d7eb37b317022e325fb018bf7"
@@ -2818,15 +2794,6 @@ har-schema@^1.0.5:
   version "1.0.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/har-schema/-/har-schema-1.0.5.tgz#d263135f43307c02c602afc8fe95970c0151369e"
 
-har-validator@~2.0.6:
-  version "2.0.6"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/har-validator/-/har-validator-2.0.6.tgz#cdcbc08188265ad119b6a5a7c8ab70eecfb5d27d"
-  dependencies:
-    chalk "^1.1.1"
-    commander "^2.9.0"
-    is-my-json-valid "^2.12.4"
-    pinkie-promise "^2.0.0"
-
 har-validator@~4.2.1:
   version "4.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/har-validator/-/har-validator-4.2.1.tgz#33481d0f1bbff600dd203d75812a6a5fba002e2a"
@@ -3192,7 +3159,7 @@ is-glob@^3.1.0:
   dependencies:
     is-extglob "^2.1.0"
 
-is-my-json-valid@^2.10.0, is-my-json-valid@^2.12.4:
+is-my-json-valid@^2.10.0:
   version "2.15.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-my-json-valid/-/is-my-json-valid-2.15.0.tgz#936edda3ca3c211fd98f3b2d3e08da43f7b2915b"
   dependencies:
@@ -4093,7 +4060,7 @@ name-all-modules-plugin@^1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/name-all-modules-plugin/-/name-all-modules-plugin-1.0.1.tgz#0abfb6ad835718b9fb4def0674e06657a954375c"
 
-nan@^2.0.0, nan@^2.3.0:
+nan@^2.3.0:
   version "2.5.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/nan/-/nan-2.5.1.tgz#d5b01691253326a97a2bbee9e61c55d8d60351e2"
 
@@ -4191,29 +4158,6 @@ node-pre-gyp@^0.6.36:
     tar "^2.2.1"
     tar-pack "^3.4.0"
 
-node-pre-gyp@^0.6.4:
-  version "0.6.33"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-pre-gyp/-/node-pre-gyp-0.6.33.tgz#640ac55198f6a925972e0c16c4ac26a034d5ecc9"
-  dependencies:
-    mkdirp "~0.5.1"
-    nopt "~3.0.6"
-    npmlog "^4.0.1"
-    rc "~1.1.6"
-    request "^2.79.0"
-    rimraf "~2.5.4"
-    semver "~5.3.0"
-    tar "~2.2.1"
-    tar-pack "~3.3.0"
-
-node-zopfli@^2.0.0:
-  version "2.0.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-zopfli/-/node-zopfli-2.0.2.tgz#a7a473ae92aaea85d4c68d45bbf2c944c46116b8"
-  dependencies:
-    commander "^2.8.1"
-    defaults "^1.0.2"
-    nan "^2.0.0"
-    node-pre-gyp "^0.6.4"
-
 nodemon@^1.11.0:
   version "1.11.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/nodemon/-/nodemon-1.11.0.tgz#226c562bd2a7b13d3d7518b49ad4828a3623d06c"
@@ -4229,7 +4173,7 @@ nodemon@^1.11.0:
     undefsafe "0.0.3"
     update-notifier "0.5.0"
 
-nopt@3.x, nopt@~3.0.1, nopt@~3.0.6:
+nopt@3.x, nopt@~3.0.1:
   version "3.0.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/nopt/-/nopt-3.0.6.tgz#c6465dbf08abcd4db359317f79ac68a646b28ff9"
   dependencies:
@@ -4280,15 +4224,6 @@ npm-run-path@^2.0.0:
   dependencies:
     path-key "^2.0.0"
 
-npmlog@^4.0.1:
-  version "4.0.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/npmlog/-/npmlog-4.0.2.tgz#d03950e0e78ce1527ba26d2a7592e9348ac3e75f"
-  dependencies:
-    are-we-there-yet "~1.1.2"
-    console-control-strings "~1.1.0"
-    gauge "~2.7.1"
-    set-blocking "~2.0.0"
-
 npmlog@^4.0.2:
   version "4.1.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/npmlog/-/npmlog-4.1.2.tgz#08a7f2a8bf734604779a9efa4ad5cc717abb954b"
@@ -4357,7 +4292,7 @@ once@1.x, once@^1.3.0, once@^1.3.3, once@^1.4.0:
   dependencies:
     wrappy "1"
 
-once@~1.3.0, once@~1.3.3:
+once@~1.3.0:
   version "1.3.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/once/-/once-1.3.3.tgz#b2e261557ce4c314ec8304f3fa82663e4297ca20"
   dependencies:
@@ -4997,10 +4932,6 @@ qs@6.4.0, qs@~6.4.0:
   version "6.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/qs/-/qs-6.4.0.tgz#13e26d28ad6b0ffaa91312cd3bf708ed351e7233"
 
-qs@~6.3.0:
-  version "6.3.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/qs/-/qs-6.3.0.tgz#f403b264f23bc01228c74131b407f18d5ea5d442"
-
 query-string@^4.1.0:
   version "4.3.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/query-string/-/query-string-4.3.2.tgz#ec0fd765f58a50031a3968c2431386f8947a5cdd"
@@ -5063,7 +4994,7 @@ raw-loader@^0.5.1:
   version "0.5.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/raw-loader/-/raw-loader-0.5.1.tgz#0c3d0beaed8a01c966d9787bf778281252a979aa"
 
-rc@^1.0.1, rc@~1.1.6:
+rc@^1.0.1:
   version "1.1.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rc/-/rc-1.1.6.tgz#43651b76b6ae53b5c802f1151fa3fc3b059969c9"
   dependencies:
@@ -5177,18 +5108,6 @@ readable-stream@~1.0.2:
     isarray "0.0.1"
     string_decoder "~0.10.x"
 
-readable-stream@~2.1.4:
-  version "2.1.5"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/readable-stream/-/readable-stream-2.1.5.tgz#66fa8b720e1438b364681f2ad1a63c618448c9d0"
-  dependencies:
-    buffer-shims "^1.0.0"
-    core-util-is "~1.0.0"
-    inherits "~2.0.1"
-    isarray "~1.0.0"
-    process-nextick-args "~1.0.6"
-    string_decoder "~0.10.x"
-    util-deprecate "~1.0.1"
-
 readdirp@^2.0.0:
   version "2.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/readdirp/-/readdirp-2.1.0.tgz#4ed0ad060df3073300c48440373f72d1cc642d78"
@@ -5318,31 +5237,6 @@ repeating@^2.0.0:
   dependencies:
     is-finite "^1.0.0"
 
-request@^2.79.0:
-  version "2.79.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/request/-/request-2.79.0.tgz#4dfe5bf6be8b8cdc37fcf93e04b65577722710de"
-  dependencies:
-    aws-sign2 "~0.6.0"
-    aws4 "^1.2.1"
-    caseless "~0.11.0"
-    combined-stream "~1.0.5"
-    extend "~3.0.0"
-    forever-agent "~0.6.1"
-    form-data "~2.1.1"
-    har-validator "~2.0.6"
-    hawk "~3.1.3"
-    http-signature "~1.1.0"
-    is-typedarray "~1.0.0"
-    isstream "~0.1.2"
-    json-stringify-safe "~5.0.1"
-    mime-types "~2.1.7"
-    oauth-sign "~0.8.1"
-    qs "~6.3.0"
-    stringstream "~0.0.4"
-    tough-cookie "~2.3.0"
-    tunnel-agent "~0.4.1"
-    uuid "^3.0.0"
-
 request@^2.81.0:
   version "2.81.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/request/-/request-2.81.0.tgz#c6928946a0e06c5f8d6f8a9333469ffda46298a0"
@@ -5424,12 +5318,6 @@ rimraf@2, rimraf@^2.2.8, rimraf@^2.4.3, rimraf@^2.4.4, rimraf@^2.5.1, rimraf@^2.
   dependencies:
     glob "^7.0.5"
 
-rimraf@~2.5.1, rimraf@~2.5.4:
-  version "2.5.4"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rimraf/-/rimraf-2.5.4.tgz#96800093cbf1a0c86bd95b4625467535c29dfa04"
-  dependencies:
-    glob "^7.0.5"
-
 ripemd160@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ripemd160/-/ripemd160-1.0.1.tgz#93a4bbd4942bc574b69a8fa57c71de10ecca7d6e"
@@ -5480,7 +5368,7 @@ semver-diff@^2.0.0:
   dependencies:
     semver "^5.0.3"
 
-"semver@2 || 3 || 4 || 5", semver@^5.0.3, semver@^5.3.0, semver@~5.3.0:
+"semver@2 || 3 || 4 || 5", semver@^5.0.3, semver@^5.3.0:
   version "5.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/semver/-/semver-5.3.0.tgz#9b2ce5d3de02d17c6012ad326aa6b4d0cf54f94f"
 
@@ -5676,7 +5564,7 @@ sort-keys@^1.0.0:
   dependencies:
     is-plain-obj "^1.0.0"
 
-source-list-map@^0.1.7, source-list-map@~0.1.7:
+source-list-map@^0.1.7:
   version "0.1.8"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/source-list-map/-/source-list-map-0.1.8.tgz#c550b2ab5427f6b3f21f5afead88c4f5587b2106"
 
@@ -5879,10 +5767,6 @@ strip-json-comments@~2.0.1:
   version "2.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/strip-json-comments/-/strip-json-comments-2.0.1.tgz#3c531942e908c2697c0ec344858c286c7ca0a60a"
 
-supports-color@^0.2.0:
-  version "0.2.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/supports-color/-/supports-color-0.2.0.tgz#d92de2694eb3f67323973d7ae3d8b55b4c22190a"
-
 supports-color@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/supports-color/-/supports-color-2.0.0.tgz#535d045ce6b6363fa40117084629995e9df324c7"
@@ -5943,20 +5827,7 @@ tar-pack@^3.4.0:
     tar "^2.2.1"
     uid-number "^0.0.6"
 
-tar-pack@~3.3.0:
-  version "3.3.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tar-pack/-/tar-pack-3.3.0.tgz#30931816418f55afc4d21775afdd6720cee45dae"
-  dependencies:
-    debug "~2.2.0"
-    fstream "~1.0.10"
-    fstream-ignore "~1.0.5"
-    once "~1.3.3"
-    readable-stream "~2.1.4"
-    rimraf "~2.5.1"
-    tar "~2.2.1"
-    uid-number "~0.0.6"
-
-tar@^2.2.1, tar@~2.2.1:
+tar@^2.2.1:
   version "2.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tar/-/tar-2.2.1.tgz#8e4d2a256c0e2185c6b18ad694aec968b83cb1d1"
   dependencies:
@@ -6082,10 +5953,6 @@ tunnel-agent@^0.6.0:
   dependencies:
     safe-buffer "^5.0.1"
 
-tunnel-agent@~0.4.1:
-  version "0.4.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tunnel-agent/-/tunnel-agent-0.4.3.tgz#6373db76909fe570e08d73583365ed828a74eeeb"
-
 tweetnacl@^0.14.3, tweetnacl@~0.14.0:
   version "0.14.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tweetnacl/-/tweetnacl-0.14.5.tgz#5ae68177f192d4456269d108afa93ff8743f4f64"
@@ -6128,7 +5995,7 @@ uglifyjs-webpack-plugin@^0.4.6:
     uglify-js "^2.8.29"
     webpack-sources "^1.0.1"
 
-uid-number@^0.0.6, uid-number@~0.0.6:
+uid-number@^0.0.6:
   version "0.0.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/uid-number/-/uid-number-0.0.6.tgz#0ea10e8035e8eb5b8e4449f06da1c730663baa81"
 
@@ -6412,13 +6279,6 @@ webpack-dev-server@^2.6.1:
     webpack-dev-middleware "^1.11.0"
     yargs "^6.0.0"
 
-webpack-sources@^0.1.0:
-  version "0.1.4"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/webpack-sources/-/webpack-sources-0.1.4.tgz#ccc2c817e08e5fa393239412690bb481821393cd"
-  dependencies:
-    source-list-map "~0.1.7"
-    source-map "~0.5.3"
-
 webpack-sources@^1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/webpack-sources/-/webpack-sources-1.0.1.tgz#c7356436a4d13123be2e2426a05d1dad9cbe65cf"