diff --git a/pyiceberg/io/pyarrow.py b/pyiceberg/io/pyarrow.py
index acfa9c0729..f7c0aef68c 100644
--- a/pyiceberg/io/pyarrow.py
+++ b/pyiceberg/io/pyarrow.py
@@ -1775,7 +1775,7 @@ def _get_int(key: str) -> Optional[int]:
         if unsupported_keys := fnmatch.filter(table_properties, key_pattern):
             raise NotImplementedError(f"Parquet writer option(s) {unsupported_keys} not implemented")
 
-    compression_codec = table_properties.get("write.parquet.compression-codec")
+    compression_codec = table_properties.get("write.parquet.compression-codec", "zstd")
     compression_level = _get_int("write.parquet.compression-level")
     if compression_codec == "uncompressed":
         compression_codec = "none"
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_writes.py b/tests/integration/test_writes.py
index 327e539c82..a65d98fc9e 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_writes.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_writes.py
@@ -458,7 +458,6 @@ def test_write_parquet_compression_properties(
     assert compression == expected_compression_name
 
 
-@pytest.mark.integration
 @pytest.mark.integration
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "properties, expected_kwargs",
@@ -487,8 +486,6 @@ def test_write_parquet_other_properties(
         assert call_kwargs.get(key) == value
 
 
-@pytest.mark.integration
-@pytest.mark.integration
 @pytest.mark.integration
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "properties",