diff --git a/src/Pandatech.Crypto.Tests/GZipTests.cs b/src/Pandatech.Crypto.Tests/GZipTests.cs
index ee48377..9b22a17 100644
--- a/src/Pandatech.Crypto.Tests/GZipTests.cs
+++ b/src/Pandatech.Crypto.Tests/GZipTests.cs
@@ -43,17 +43,20 @@ public void Decompress_WithInvalidData_ShouldReturnNull()
 
 
     [Fact]
-    public void Compress_String_ReturnsCompressedData()
+    public void CompressAndDecompress_String_ReturnsOriginalData()
     {
         // Arrange
         const string input = "Hello, world!";
-        var expected = GZip.Compress(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(input));
 
         // Act
-        var result = GZip.Compress(input);
+        var compressed = GZip.Compress(input);
+        var decompressedBytes = GZip.Decompress(compressed);
+
+        // Convert decompressed bytes back to string
+        var decompressedString = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(decompressedBytes);
 
         // Assert
-        Assert.Equal(expected, result);
+        Assert.Equal(input, decompressedString);
     }
 
     [Fact]
@@ -76,35 +79,31 @@ public void Decompress_Base64_ReturnsOriginalData()
     public void Compress_And_Decompress_Byte_Array_ReturnsOriginalData()
     {
         // Arrange
-        var input = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Hello, world!");
+        var input = "Hello, world!";
 
         // Act
         var compressed = GZip.Compress(input);
         var decompressed = GZip.Decompress(compressed);
 
         // Assert
-        Assert.Equal(input, decompressed);
+        Assert.Equal(input, Encoding.UTF8.GetString(decompressed));
     }
 
     [Fact]
-    public void Compress_And_Decompress_Stream_ReturnsOriginalData()
+    public void CompressAndDecompress_ByteArray_ReturnsOriginalData()
     {
         // Arrange
-        var input = "Hello, world!"u8.ToArray();
-        using var inputStream = new MemoryStream(input);
-        using var compressedStream = new MemoryStream();
-        using var decompressedStream = new MemoryStream();
-
+        var input = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("Sample text for compression");
+    
         // Act
-        GZip.Compress(inputStream, compressedStream);
-        compressedStream.Seek(0, SeekOrigin.Begin);
-        GZip.Decompress(compressedStream, decompressedStream);
-        var result = decompressedStream.ToArray();
+        var compressed = GZip.Compress(input);
+        var decompressed = GZip.Decompress(compressed);
 
         // Assert
-        Assert.Equal(input, result);
+        Assert.Equal(input, decompressed);
     }
 
+
     [Theory]
     [InlineData("")]
     [InlineData("Short string")]
diff --git a/src/Pandatech.Crypto/GZip.cs b/src/Pandatech.Crypto/GZip.cs
index c2d4329..4902aff 100644
--- a/src/Pandatech.Crypto/GZip.cs
+++ b/src/Pandatech.Crypto/GZip.cs
@@ -8,37 +8,44 @@ public static class GZip
 {
     public static byte[] Compress<T>(T obj)
     {
-        var jsonString = JsonSerializer.Serialize(obj);
-
-        var jsonData = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(jsonString);
-
-        return Compress(jsonData);
+        var options = new JsonSerializerOptions
+        {
+            PropertyNamingPolicy = JsonNamingPolicy.CamelCase
+        };
+        var jsonString = JsonSerializer.Serialize(obj, options);
+        return Compress(jsonString);
     }
 
     public static byte[] Compress(string data)
     {
-        return Compress(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(data));
+        using var memoryStream = new MemoryStream();
+        using (var gzipStream = new GZipStream(memoryStream, CompressionMode.Compress))
+        {
+            using (var writer = new StreamWriter(gzipStream, Encoding.UTF8))
+            {
+                writer.Write(data);
+            }
+        }
+
+        var compressedData = memoryStream.ToArray();
+
+        return compressedData;
     }
 
     public static byte[] Compress(byte[] data)
     {
-        using var compressedStream = new MemoryStream();
-        Compress(new MemoryStream(data), compressedStream);
-        return compressedStream.ToArray();
-    }
+        using var memoryStream = new MemoryStream();
+        using (var gzipStream = new GZipStream(memoryStream, CompressionMode.Compress))
+        {
+            gzipStream.Write(data, 0, data.Length);
+        }
 
-    public static void Compress(Stream sourceStream, Stream destinationStream)
-    {
-        using var zipStream = new GZipStream(destinationStream, CompressionMode.Compress, leaveOpen: true);
-        sourceStream.CopyTo(zipStream);
+        return memoryStream.ToArray();
     }
-    
+
     public static T? Decompress<T>(byte[] compressedData)
     {
-        var decompressedData = Decompress(compressedData);
-
-        var jsonString = Encoding.UTF8.GetString(decompressedData);
-
+        var jsonString = Decompress(compressedData);
         return JsonSerializer.Deserialize<T>(jsonString);
     }
 
@@ -50,14 +57,10 @@ public static byte[] Decompress(string compressedBase64)
 
     public static byte[] Decompress(byte[] data)
     {
-        using var decompressedStream = new MemoryStream();
-        Decompress(new MemoryStream(data), decompressedStream);
-        return decompressedStream.ToArray();
-    }
-
-    public static void Decompress(Stream sourceStream, Stream destinationStream)
-    {
-        using var zipStream = new GZipStream(sourceStream, CompressionMode.Decompress, leaveOpen: true);
-        zipStream.CopyTo(destinationStream);
+        using var compressedStream = new MemoryStream(data);
+        using var gzipStream = new GZipStream(compressedStream, CompressionMode.Decompress);
+        using var reader = new StreamReader(gzipStream, Encoding.UTF8);
+        var decompressedString = reader.ReadToEnd();
+        return Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(decompressedString);
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Pandatech.Crypto/Pandatech.Crypto.csproj b/src/Pandatech.Crypto/Pandatech.Crypto.csproj
index ea5b43c..bb006eb 100644
--- a/src/Pandatech.Crypto/Pandatech.Crypto.csproj
+++ b/src/Pandatech.Crypto/Pandatech.Crypto.csproj
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
         <Copyright>MIT</Copyright>
         <PackageIcon>pandatech.png</PackageIcon>
         <PackageReadmeFile>Readme.md</PackageReadmeFile>
-        <Version>2.2.11</Version>
+        <Version>2.3.0</Version>
         <Title>Pandatech.Crypto</Title>
         <PackageTags>Pandatech, library, encryption, hash, algorythms, security</PackageTags>
         <Description>PandaTech.Crypto is a .NET library simplifying common cryptograhic functions.</Description>
         <RepositoryUrl>https://github.com/PandaTechAM/be-lib-pandatech-crypto</RepositoryUrl>
-        <PackageReleaseNotes>Overload for Gzip</PackageReleaseNotes>
+        <PackageReleaseNotes>Gzip underlying implementation change and Password symbols</PackageReleaseNotes>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/src/Pandatech.Crypto/Password.cs b/src/Pandatech.Crypto/Password.cs
index 629ea1a..76244fb 100644
--- a/src/Pandatech.Crypto/Password.cs
+++ b/src/Pandatech.Crypto/Password.cs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ public static class Password
     private const string UppercaseChars = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
     private const string LowercaseChars = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
     private const string DigitChars = "0123456789";
-    private const string SpecialChars = "!@#$%^*()-_=+[]{}|;:,.<>?";
+    private const string SpecialChars = "!@$*()-_=+[]{}|;:,.";
 
     public static string GenerateRandom(int length, bool includeUppercase, bool includeLowercase, bool includeDigits,
         bool includeSpecialChars)