diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index b4160118..03a92dc1 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.7.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20220907171357-04be3eba64a2 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.7 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230331144136-dcfb400f0633 // indirect
+	google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230403163135-c38d8f061ccd // indirect
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.54.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.30.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e9f05d62..34fd9602 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -2809,8 +2809,8 @@ google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230113154510-dbe35b8444a5/go.mod h1:RGgjbofJ
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230124163310-31e0e69b6fc2/go.mod h1:RGgjbofJ8xD9Sq1VVhDM1Vok1vRONV+rg+CjzG4SZKM=
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230125152338-dcaf20b6aeaa/go.mod h1:RGgjbofJ8xD9Sq1VVhDM1Vok1vRONV+rg+CjzG4SZKM=
 google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230209215440-0dfe4f8abfcc/go.mod h1:RGgjbofJ8xD9Sq1VVhDM1Vok1vRONV+rg+CjzG4SZKM=
-google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230331144136-dcfb400f0633 h1:0BOZf6qNozI3pkN3fJLwNubheHJYHhMh91GRFOWWK08=
-google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230331144136-dcfb400f0633/go.mod h1:UUQDJDOlWu4KYeJZffbWgBkS1YFobzKbLVfK69pe0Ak=
+google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230403163135-c38d8f061ccd h1:sLpv7bNL1AsX3fdnWh9WVh7ejIzXdOc1RRHGeAmeStU=
+google.golang.org/genproto v0.0.0-20230403163135-c38d8f061ccd/go.mod h1:UUQDJDOlWu4KYeJZffbWgBkS1YFobzKbLVfK69pe0Ak=
 google.golang.org/grpc v0.0.0-20160317175043-d3ddb4469d5a/go.mod h1:yo6s7OP7yaDglbqo1J04qKzAhqBH6lvTonzMVmEdcZw=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.19.0/go.mod h1:mqu4LbDTu4XGKhr4mRzUsmM4RtVoemTSY81AxZiDr8c=
 google.golang.org/grpc v1.20.1/go.mod h1:10oTOabMzJvdu6/UiuZezV6QK5dSlG84ov/aaiqXj38=
diff --git a/internal/common/eventmanager.go b/internal/common/eventmanager.go
index 81304a22..5d1ca8e8 100644
--- a/internal/common/eventmanager.go
+++ b/internal/common/eventmanager.go
@@ -1848,6 +1848,7 @@ func executeCompressFsActionForUser(c dataprovider.EventActionFsCompress, replac
 	}
 	conn := NewBaseConnection(connectionID, protocolEventAction, "", "", user)
 	name := util.CleanPath(replaceWithReplacer(c.Name, replacer))
+	conn.CheckParentDirs(path.Dir(name)) //nolint:errcheck
 	paths := make([]string, 0, len(c.Paths))
 	for idx := range c.Paths {
 		p := util.CleanPath(replaceWithReplacer(c.Paths[idx], replacer))
diff --git a/internal/common/eventmanager_test.go b/internal/common/eventmanager_test.go
index 70b5bc76..dc0d7fab 100644
--- a/internal/common/eventmanager_test.go
+++ b/internal/common/eventmanager_test.go
@@ -2017,6 +2017,8 @@ func TestEstimateZipSizeErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	err = os.MkdirAll(u.GetHomeDir(), os.ModePerm)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	conn := NewBaseConnection("", ProtocolFTP, "", "", u)
+	_, _, _, _, err = getFileWriter(conn, "/missing/path/file.txt", -1) //nolint:dogsled
+	assert.Error(t, err)
 	_, err = getSizeForPath(conn, "/missing", vfs.NewFileInfo("missing", true, 0, time.Now(), false))
 	assert.True(t, conn.IsNotExistError(err))
 	if runtime.GOOS != osWindows {
diff --git a/internal/common/protocol_test.go b/internal/common/protocol_test.go
index 7948ac00..948b88bf 100644
--- a/internal/common/protocol_test.go
+++ b/internal/common/protocol_test.go
@@ -5429,22 +5429,6 @@ func TestEventActionCompressErrors(t *testing.T) {
 		err = f.Close()
 		assert.Error(t, err)
 	}
-	// try to write to a missing directory
-	action1.Options.FsConfig.Compress.Name = "/subdir/missing/path/file.zip"
-	_, _, err = httpdtest.UpdateEventAction(action1, http.StatusOK)
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	conn, client, err = getSftpClient(user)
-	if assert.NoError(t, err) {
-		defer conn.Close()
-		defer client.Close()
-
-		f, err := client.Create(testFileName)
-		assert.NoError(t, err)
-		_, err = f.Write(testFileContent)
-		assert.NoError(t, err)
-		err = f.Close()
-		assert.Error(t, err)
-	}
 
 	_, err = httpdtest.RemoveEventRule(rule1, http.StatusOK)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
@@ -5473,7 +5457,7 @@ func TestEventActionEmailAttachments(t *testing.T) {
 			FsConfig: dataprovider.EventActionFilesystemConfig{
 				Type: dataprovider.FilesystemActionCompress,
 				Compress: dataprovider.EventActionFsCompress{
-					Name:  "/{{VirtualPath}}.zip",
+					Name:  "/archive/{{VirtualPath}}.zip",
 					Paths: []string{"/{{VirtualPath}}"},
 				},
 			},
@@ -5489,7 +5473,7 @@ func TestEventActionEmailAttachments(t *testing.T) {
 				Recipients:  []string{"test@example.com"},
 				Subject:     `"{{Event}}" from "{{Name}}"`,
 				Body:        "Fs path {{FsPath}}, size: {{FileSize}}, protocol: {{Protocol}}, IP: {{IP}}",
-				Attachments: []string{"/{{VirtualPath}}.zip"},
+				Attachments: []string{"/archive/{{VirtualPath}}.zip"},
 			},
 		},
 	}