diff --git a/flate/fuzz_test.go b/flate/fuzz_test.go
index 9f20a8775d..0bd95ff8a5 100644
--- a/flate/fuzz_test.go
+++ b/flate/fuzz_test.go
@@ -22,14 +22,19 @@ func FuzzEncoding(f *testing.F) {
 		startFuzz = HuffmanOnly
 		endFuzz   = BestCompression
 
-		// Also tests with dictionaries...
-		testDicts = true
-
 		// Max input size:
 		maxSize = 1 << 20
 	)
 	decoder := NewReader(nil)
 	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	encs := make([]*Writer, endFuzz-startFuzz+1)
+	for i := range encs {
+		var err error
+		encs[i], err = NewWriter(nil, i+startFuzz)
+		if err != nil {
+			f.Fatal(err.Error())
+		}
+	}
 
 	f.Fuzz(func(t *testing.T, data []byte) {
 		if len(data) > maxSize {
@@ -38,10 +43,8 @@ func FuzzEncoding(f *testing.F) {
 		for level := startFuzz; level <= endFuzz; level++ {
 			msg := "level " + strconv.Itoa(level) + ":"
 			buf.Reset()
-			fw, err := NewWriter(buf, level)
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Fatal(msg + err.Error())
-			}
+			fw := encs[level-startFuzz]
+			fw.Reset(buf)
 			n, err := fw.Write(data)
 			if n != len(data) {
 				t.Fatal(msg + "short write")
diff --git a/flate/testdata/fuzz/FuzzEncoding.zip b/flate/testdata/fuzz/FuzzEncoding.zip
index 5af4b5bb64..feae35f15f 100644
Binary files a/flate/testdata/fuzz/FuzzEncoding.zip and b/flate/testdata/fuzz/FuzzEncoding.zip differ
diff --git a/zstd/fuzz_test.go b/zstd/fuzz_test.go
index 3a79d808bc..1099b41ce7 100644
--- a/zstd/fuzz_test.go
+++ b/zstd/fuzz_test.go
@@ -146,14 +146,14 @@ func FuzzEncoding(f *testing.F) {
 
 	initEnc := func() func() {
 		var err error
-		dec, err = NewReader(nil, WithDecoderConcurrency(2), WithDecoderDicts(dicts...), WithDecoderMaxWindow(128<<10), WithDecoderMaxMemory(maxSize))
+		dec, err = NewReader(nil, WithDecoderConcurrency(2), WithDecoderDicts(dicts...), WithDecoderMaxWindow(64<<10), WithDecoderMaxMemory(maxSize))
 		if err != nil {
 			panic(err)
 		}
 		for level := startFuzz; level <= endFuzz; level++ {
-			encs[level], err = NewWriter(nil, WithEncoderCRC(true), WithEncoderLevel(level), WithEncoderConcurrency(2), WithWindowSize(128<<10), WithZeroFrames(true), WithLowerEncoderMem(true))
+			encs[level], err = NewWriter(nil, WithEncoderCRC(true), WithEncoderLevel(level), WithEncoderConcurrency(2), WithWindowSize(64<<10), WithZeroFrames(true), WithLowerEncoderMem(true))
 			if testDicts {
-				encsD[level], err = NewWriter(nil, WithEncoderCRC(true), WithEncoderLevel(level), WithEncoderConcurrency(2), WithWindowSize(128<<10), WithZeroFrames(true), WithEncoderDict(dicts[0]), WithLowerEncoderMem(true), WithLowerEncoderMem(true))
+				encsD[level], err = NewWriter(nil, WithEncoderCRC(true), WithEncoderLevel(level), WithEncoderConcurrency(2), WithWindowSize(64<<10), WithZeroFrames(true), WithEncoderDict(dicts[level]), WithLowerEncoderMem(true), WithLowerEncoderMem(true))
 			}
 		}
 		return func() {