diff --git a/CHANGES/3254.feature b/CHANGES/3254.feature
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..efa436ad88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGES/3254.feature
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add support for zstd metadata.
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 04679490b3..0daeeadfc3 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-createrepo_c~=0.20.1
+createrepo_c~=1.0.0
 django_readonly_field~=1.1.1
 jsonschema>=4.6,<5.0
 libcomps>=0.1.15.post1,<0.2