diff --git a/releasing/plugin-commands-publishing/src/pack.ts b/releasing/plugin-commands-publishing/src/pack.ts
index dc41793d193..9ad2f2cf6cb 100644
--- a/releasing/plugin-commands-publishing/src/pack.ts
+++ b/releasing/plugin-commands-publishing/src/pack.ts
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ export async function handler (
     projectDir: dir,
     embedReadme: opts.embedReadme,
     modulesDir: path.join(opts.dir, 'node_modules'),
+    packGzipLevel: opts.packGzipLevel,
   })
   if (!opts.ignoreScripts) {
     await _runScriptsIfPresent(['postpack'], entryManifest)
diff --git a/releasing/plugin-commands-publishing/src/publish.ts b/releasing/plugin-commands-publishing/src/publish.ts
index 19a0ec15c35..1d53857798b 100644
--- a/releasing/plugin-commands-publishing/src/publish.ts
+++ b/releasing/plugin-commands-publishing/src/publish.ts
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ export async function publish (
     engineStrict?: boolean
     recursive?: boolean
     workspaceDir?: string
-  } & Pick<Config, 'allProjects' | 'gitChecks' | 'ignoreScripts' | 'publishBranch' | 'embedReadme'>,
+  } & Pick<Config, 'allProjects' | 'gitChecks' | 'ignoreScripts' | 'publishBranch' | 'embedReadme' | 'packGzipLevel'>,
   params: string[]
 ) {
   if (opts.gitChecks !== false && await isGitRepo()) {
diff --git a/releasing/plugin-commands-publishing/test/pack.ts b/releasing/plugin-commands-publishing/test/pack.ts
index fa30c2dabac..358455dcc91 100644
--- a/releasing/plugin-commands-publishing/test/pack.ts
+++ b/releasing/plugin-commands-publishing/test/pack.ts
@@ -287,14 +287,25 @@ test('pack: custom pack-gzip-level', async () => {
     version: '0.0.0',
   })
 
-  await pack.handler({
+  const packOpts = {
     ...DEFAULT_OPTS,
     argv: { original: [] },
     dir: process.cwd(),
     extraBinPaths: [],
+  }
+  await pack.handler({
+    ...packOpts,
     packGzipLevel: 9,
+    packDestination: path.resolve('../small'),
   })
 
-  expect(await exists('test-publish-package.json-0.0.0.tgz')).toBeTruthy()
-  expect(await exists('package.json')).toBeTruthy()
+  await pack.handler({
+    ...packOpts,
+    packGzipLevel: 0,
+    packDestination: path.resolve('../big'),
+  })
+
+  const tgz1 = fs.statSync(path.resolve('../small/test-publish-package.json-0.0.0.tgz'))
+  const tgz2 = fs.statSync(path.resolve('../big/test-publish-package.json-0.0.0.tgz'))
+  expect(tgz1.size).not.toEqual(tgz2.size)
 })