diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 8abb9fddd3..67137be96c 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ repos:
           - numcodecs
           - numpy
           - typing_extensions
-          - zstandard
           # Tests
           - pytest
           # Zarr v2
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 88542b2cf5..53b4cb3244 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ dependencies = [
     'numcodecs>=0.10.0',
     'fsspec>2024',
     'crc32c',
-    'zstandard',
     'typing_extensions',
     'donfig',
 ]
@@ -85,8 +84,8 @@ docs = [
     'pydata-sphinx-theme',
     'numpydoc',
     'numcodecs[msgpack]',
-    "msgpack",
-    "lmdb",
+    'msgpack',
+    'lmdb',
 ]
 extra = [
     'msgpack',
diff --git a/src/zarr/codecs/zstd.py b/src/zarr/codecs/zstd.py
index b244ee703a..3b3d3f33dd 100644
--- a/src/zarr/codecs/zstd.py
+++ b/src/zarr/codecs/zstd.py
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from dataclasses import dataclass
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
+from functools import cached_property
+from importlib.metadata import version
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
-import numpy.typing as npt
-from zstandard import ZstdCompressor, ZstdDecompressor
+from numcodecs.zstd import Zstd
 
 from zarr.abc.codec import BytesBytesCodec
 from zarr.array_spec import ArraySpec
@@ -38,6 +39,14 @@ class ZstdCodec(BytesBytesCodec):
     checksum: bool = False
 
     def __init__(self, *, level: int = 0, checksum: bool = False) -> None:
+        # numcodecs 0.13.0 introduces the checksum attribute for the zstd codec
+        _numcodecs_version = tuple(map(int, version("numcodecs").split(".")))
+        if _numcodecs_version < (0, 13, 0):  # pragma: no cover
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                "numcodecs version >= 0.13.0 is required to use the zstd codec. "
+                f"Version {_numcodecs_version} is currently installed."
+            )
+
         level_parsed = parse_zstd_level(level)
         checksum_parsed = parse_checksum(checksum)
 
@@ -52,13 +61,10 @@ def from_dict(cls, data: dict[str, JSON]) -> Self:
     def to_dict(self) -> dict[str, JSON]:
         return {"name": "zstd", "configuration": {"level": self.level, "checksum": self.checksum}}
 
-    def _compress(self, data: npt.NDArray[Any]) -> bytes:
-        ctx = ZstdCompressor(level=self.level, write_checksum=self.checksum)
-        return ctx.compress(data.tobytes())
-
-    def _decompress(self, data: npt.NDArray[Any]) -> bytes:
-        ctx = ZstdDecompressor()
-        return ctx.decompress(data.tobytes())
+    @cached_property
+    def _zstd_codec(self) -> Zstd:
+        config_dict = {"level": self.level, "checksum": self.checksum}
+        return Zstd.from_config(config_dict)
 
     async def _decode_single(
         self,
@@ -66,7 +72,7 @@ async def _decode_single(
         chunk_spec: ArraySpec,
     ) -> Buffer:
         return await to_thread(
-            as_numpy_array_wrapper, self._decompress, chunk_bytes, chunk_spec.prototype
+            as_numpy_array_wrapper, self._zstd_codec.decode, chunk_bytes, chunk_spec.prototype
         )
 
     async def _encode_single(
@@ -75,7 +81,7 @@ async def _encode_single(
         chunk_spec: ArraySpec,
     ) -> Buffer | None:
         return await to_thread(
-            as_numpy_array_wrapper, self._compress, chunk_bytes, chunk_spec.prototype
+            as_numpy_array_wrapper, self._zstd_codec.encode, chunk_bytes, chunk_spec.prototype
         )
 
     def compute_encoded_size(self, _input_byte_length: int, _chunk_spec: ArraySpec) -> int: