diff --git a/app/controllers/api/avatars.php b/app/controllers/api/avatars.php
index e0d967eb00..540d85dd28 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/avatars.php
+++ b/app/controllers/api/avatars.php
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ App::get('/v1/avatars/qr')
         $response
             ->addHeader('Expires', \date('D, d M Y H:i:s', \time() + (60 * 60 * 24 * 45)) . ' GMT') // 45 days cache
             ->setContentType('image/png')
-            ->send($image->output('png', 9));
+            ->send($image->output('png', 5));
     });
 
 App::get('/v1/avatars/initials')
diff --git a/tests/resources/qr/qr-default.png b/tests/resources/qr/qr-default.png
index a7da496d9f..d6bbba4d12 100644
Binary files a/tests/resources/qr/qr-default.png and b/tests/resources/qr/qr-default.png differ
diff --git a/tests/resources/qr/qr-size-200-margin-10.png b/tests/resources/qr/qr-size-200-margin-10.png
index 56c59408ef..330c8db8e0 100644
Binary files a/tests/resources/qr/qr-size-200-margin-10.png and b/tests/resources/qr/qr-size-200-margin-10.png differ
diff --git a/tests/resources/qr/qr-size-200.png b/tests/resources/qr/qr-size-200.png
index 202c0cc197..94f08d8170 100644
Binary files a/tests/resources/qr/qr-size-200.png and b/tests/resources/qr/qr-size-200.png differ