diff --git a/armor/armor.go b/armor/armor.go
index ac6397e..4ba9473 100644
--- a/armor/armor.go
+++ b/armor/armor.go
@@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ func (r *armoredReader) Read(p []byte) (int, error) {
 	if string(line) == Footer {
 		return 0, r.setErr(drainTrailing())
 	}
+	if len(line) == 0 {
+		return 0, r.setErr(errors.New("empty line in armored data"))
+	}
 	if len(line) > format.ColumnsPerLine {
 		return 0, r.setErr(errors.New("column limit exceeded"))
 	}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 8579734..50385bd 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ require (
 
 // Test dependencies.
 require (
-	c2sp.org/CCTV/age v0.0.0-20240306222714-3ec4d716e805
+	c2sp.org/CCTV/age v0.0.0-20250426113718-46fad5b26cb2
 	github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.12.0
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.22.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 13c692d..7a7e2ee 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-c2sp.org/CCTV/age v0.0.0-20240306222714-3ec4d716e805 h1:u2qwJeEvnypw+OCPUHmoZE3IqwfuN5kgDfo5MLzpNM0=
-c2sp.org/CCTV/age v0.0.0-20240306222714-3ec4d716e805/go.mod h1:FomMrUJ2Lxt5jCLmZkG3FHa72zUprnhd3v/Z18Snm4w=
+c2sp.org/CCTV/age v0.0.0-20250426113718-46fad5b26cb2 h1:CgfUtBNKpcGa3dLCktwniIKTMkxlELJcvS+EQRlGeGs=
+c2sp.org/CCTV/age v0.0.0-20250426113718-46fad5b26cb2/go.mod h1:SrHC2C7r5GkDk8R+NFVzYy/sdj0Ypg9htaPXQq5Cqeo=
 filippo.io/edwards25519 v1.1.0 h1:FNf4tywRC1HmFuKW5xopWpigGjJKiJSV0Cqo0cJWDaA=
 filippo.io/edwards25519 v1.1.0/go.mod h1:BxyFTGdWcka3PhytdK4V28tE5sGfRvvvRV7EaN4VDT4=
 filippo.io/hpke v0.4.0 h1:p575VVQ6ted4pL+it6M00V/f2qTZITO0zgmdKCkd5+A=
diff --git a/testkit_test.go b/testkit_test.go
index 78ccc43..35caeae 100644
--- a/testkit_test.go
+++ b/testkit_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ package age_test
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"compress/zlib"
 	"crypto/sha256"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"errors"
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ type vector struct {
 }
 
 func parseVector(t *testing.T, test []byte) *vector {
+	var z bool
 	v := &vector{file: test}
 	for {
 		line, rest, ok := bytes.Cut(v.file, []byte("\n"))
@@ -105,12 +107,31 @@ func parseVector(t *testing.T, test []byte) *vector {
 			v.identities = append(v.identities, i)
 		case "armored":
 			v.armored = true
+		case "compressed":
+			if value != "zlib" {
+				t.Fatal("invalid test file: unknown compression:", value)
+			}
+			z = true
 		case "comment":
 			t.Log(value)
 		default:
 			t.Fatal("invalid test file: unknown header key:", key)
 		}
 	}
+	if z {
+		r, err := zlib.NewReader(bytes.NewReader(v.file))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		b, err := io.ReadAll(r)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		if err := r.Close(); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		v.file = b
+	}
 	return v
 }