diff --git a/docs/breaking-changes.md b/docs/breaking-changes.md
index 4043fa2fad..31d9a27bbd 100644
--- a/docs/breaking-changes.md
+++ b/docs/breaking-changes.md
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ Using the `clipboard` API directly in the renderer process is deprecated.
 If you want to call this API from a renderer process, place the API call in
 your preload script and expose it using the [contextBridge](https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/api/context-bridge) API.
 
+### Behavior Changed: MacOS dSYM files now compressed with tar.xz
+
+Debug symbols for MacOS (dSYM) now use xz compression in order to handle larger file sizes. `dsym.zip` files are now
+`dsym.tar.xz` files. End users using debug symbols may need to update their zip utilities.
+
 ## Planned Breaking API Changes (39.0)
 
 ### Deprecated: `--host-rules` command line switch
diff --git a/script/release/release.ts b/script/release/release.ts
index 6e64764e44..63f73126dd 100755
--- a/script/release/release.ts
+++ b/script/release/release.ts
@@ -137,11 +137,11 @@ function assetsForVersion (version: string, validatingRelease: boolean) {
     `chromedriver-${version}-win32-ia32.zip`,
     `chromedriver-${version}-win32-x64.zip`,
     `chromedriver-${version}-win32-arm64.zip`,
-    `electron-${version}-darwin-x64-dsym.zip`,
+    `electron-${version}-darwin-x64-dsym.tar.xz`,
     `electron-${version}-darwin-x64-dsym-snapshot.zip`,
     `electron-${version}-darwin-x64-symbols.zip`,
     `electron-${version}-darwin-x64.zip`,
-    `electron-${version}-darwin-arm64-dsym.zip`,
+    `electron-${version}-darwin-arm64-dsym.tar.xz`,
     `electron-${version}-darwin-arm64-dsym-snapshot.zip`,
     `electron-${version}-darwin-arm64-symbols.zip`,
     `electron-${version}-darwin-arm64.zip`,
@@ -152,11 +152,11 @@ function assetsForVersion (version: string, validatingRelease: boolean) {
     `electron-${version}-linux-x64-debug.zip`,
     `electron-${version}-linux-x64-symbols.zip`,
     `electron-${version}-linux-x64.zip`,
-    `electron-${version}-mas-x64-dsym.zip`,
+    `electron-${version}-mas-x64-dsym.tar.xz`,
     `electron-${version}-mas-x64-dsym-snapshot.zip`,
     `electron-${version}-mas-x64-symbols.zip`,
     `electron-${version}-mas-x64.zip`,
-    `electron-${version}-mas-arm64-dsym.zip`,
+    `electron-${version}-mas-arm64-dsym.tar.xz`,
     `electron-${version}-mas-arm64-dsym-snapshot.zip`,
     `electron-${version}-mas-arm64-symbols.zip`,
     `electron-${version}-mas-arm64.zip`,
diff --git a/script/release/uploaders/upload.py b/script/release/uploaders/upload.py
index c5fa934b01..cf1bb3c0e4 100755
--- a/script/release/uploaders/upload.py
+++ b/script/release/uploaders/upload.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def main():
       upload_electron(release, ts_defs_path, args)
 
     dsym_zip = os.path.join(OUT_DIR, DSYM_NAME)
-    shutil.copy2(os.path.join(OUT_DIR, 'dsym.zip'), dsym_zip)
+    shutil.copy2(os.path.join(OUT_DIR, 'dsym.tar.xz'), dsym_zip)
     upload_electron(release, dsym_zip, args)
 
     dsym_snapshot_zip = os.path.join(OUT_DIR, DSYM_SNAPSHOT_NAME)