diff --git a/dissect/database/ese/compression.py b/dissect/database/ese/compression.py
index 92bf9da..f9a61a9 100644
--- a/dissect/database/ese/compression.py
+++ b/dissect/database/ese/compression.py
@@ -1,50 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import struct
+from ntcompress.ese import decompress
+from ntcompress.ese import decompressed_size as decompress_size
 
-from dissect.util.compression import lzxpress, sevenbit
-
-from dissect.database.ese.c_ese import COMPRESSION_SCHEME
-
-
-def decompress(buf: bytes) -> bytes:
-    """Decompress the given bytes according to the encoded compression scheme.
-
-    Args:
-        buf: The compressed bytes to decompress.
-
-    Raises:
-        NotImplementedError: If the buffer is compressed with an unsupported compression algorithm (XPRESS9/XPRESS10).
-    """
-    identifier = buf[0] >> 3
-    if identifier == COMPRESSION_SCHEME.COMPRESS_7BITASCII:
-        return sevenbit.decompress(buf[1:])
-    if identifier == COMPRESSION_SCHEME.COMPRESS_7BITUNICODE:
-        return sevenbit.decompress(buf[1:], wide=True)
-    if identifier == COMPRESSION_SCHEME.COMPRESS_XPRESS:
-        return lzxpress.decompress(buf[3:])
-    if identifier in (COMPRESSION_SCHEME.COMPRESS_XPRESS9, COMPRESSION_SCHEME.COMPRESS_XPRESS10):
-        raise NotImplementedError(f"Compression not yet implemented: {COMPRESSION_SCHEME(identifier)}")
-    # Not compressed
-    return buf
-
-
-def decompress_size(buf: bytes) -> int | None:
-    """Return the decompressed size of the given bytes according to the encoded compression scheme.
-
-    Args:
-        buf: The compressed bytes to return the decompressed size of.
-
-    Raises:
-        NotImplementedError: If the buffer is compressed with an unsupported compression algorithm (XPRESS9/XPRESS10).
-    """
-    identifier = buf[0] >> 3
-    if identifier == COMPRESSION_SCHEME.COMPRESS_7BITASCII:
-        return ((buf[0] & 7) + (8 * len(buf))) // 7
-    if identifier == COMPRESSION_SCHEME.COMPRESS_7BITUNICODE:
-        return 2 * (((buf[0] & 7) + (8 * len(buf))) // 7)
-    if identifier == COMPRESSION_SCHEME.COMPRESS_XPRESS:
-        return struct.unpack("<H", buf[1:3])[0]
-    if identifier in (COMPRESSION_SCHEME.COMPRESS_XPRESS9, COMPRESSION_SCHEME.COMPRESS_XPRESS10):
-        raise NotImplementedError(f"Compression not yet implemented: {COMPRESSION_SCHEME(identifier)}")
-    return None
+__all__ = ["decompress", "decompress_size"]
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bd75c47..2734ba4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ classifiers = [
 dependencies = [
     "dissect.cstruct>=4,<5",
     "dissect.util>=3.24,<4",
+    "ntcompress",
 ]
 dynamic = ["version"]