diff --git a/discord/utils.py b/discord/utils.py
index a4aa2835a..986d166d3 100644
--- a/discord/utils.py
+++ b/discord/utils.py
@@ -74,11 +74,6 @@ import logging
 
 import yarl
 
-if sys.version_info >= (3, 14):
-    import compression.zstd
-else:
-    import zlib
-
 try:
     import orjson  # type: ignore
 except ModuleNotFoundError:
@@ -87,11 +82,18 @@ else:
     HAS_ORJSON = True
 
 try:
-    import zstandard  # type: ignore
-except ImportError:
-    _HAS_ZSTD = False
-else:
+    from zstandard import ZstdDecompressor  # type: ignore
+
     _HAS_ZSTD = True
+except ImportError:
+    try:
+        from compression.zstd import ZstdDecompressor  # type: ignore
+    except ImportError:
+        import zlib
+
+        _HAS_ZSTD = False
+    else:
+        _HAS_ZSTD = True
 
 __all__ = (
     'oauth_url',
@@ -1429,32 +1431,16 @@ def _human_join(seq: Sequence[str], /, *, delimiter: str = ', ', final: str = 'o
 if _HAS_ZSTD:
 
     class _ZstdDecompressionContext:
-        __slots__ = ('context',)
-
-        COMPRESSION_TYPE: str = 'zstd-stream'
-
-        def __init__(self) -> None:
-            decompressor = zstandard.ZstdDecompressor()
-            self.context = decompressor.decompressobj()
-
-        def decompress(self, data: bytes, /) -> str | None:
-            # Each WS message is a complete gateway message
-            return self.context.decompress(data).decode('utf-8')
-
-    _ActiveDecompressionContext: Type[_DecompressionContext] = _ZstdDecompressionContext
-elif sys.version_info >= (3, 14):
-
-    class _ZstdDecompressionContext:
-        __slots__ = ('context',)
+        __slots__ = ('decompressor',)
 
         COMPRESSION_TYPE: str = 'zstd-stream'
 
         def __init__(self) -> None:
-            self.context = compression.zstd.ZstdDecompressor()
+            self.decompressor = ZstdDecompressor()
 
         def decompress(self, data: bytes, /) -> str | None:
             # Each WS message is a complete gateway message
-            return self.context.decompress(data).decode('utf-8')
+            return self.decompressor.decompress(data).decode('utf-8')
 
     _ActiveDecompressionContext: Type[_DecompressionContext] = _ZstdDecompressionContext
 else: