diff --git a/src/_h5ai/.htaccess b/src/_h5ai/.htaccess
index d485c35a..95e775bf 100644
--- a/src/_h5ai/.htaccess
+++ b/src/_h5ai/.htaccess
@@ -39,23 +39,19 @@ AddDefaultCharset utf-8
 <IfModule mod_mime.c>
     AddCharset utf-8 .css .html .js .json .php .svg
 
-    AddType application/json                            json map topojson
-    AddType application/javascript                      js
-    AddType audio/mp4                                   f4a f4b m4a
-    AddType audio/ogg                                   oga ogg opus
-    AddType image/bmp                                   bmp
-    AddType image/svg+xml                               svg svgz
-    AddType image/webp                                  webp
-    AddType video/mp4                                   f4v f4p m4v mp4
-    AddType video/ogg                                   ogv
-    AddType video/webm                                  webm
-    AddType video/x-flv                                 flv
-    AddType image/x-icon                                cur ico
     AddType application/font-woff                       woff
     AddType application/font-woff2                      woff2
+    AddType application/json                            json
+    AddType application/javascript                      js
     AddType application/vnd.ms-fontobject               eot
     AddType application/x-font-ttf                      ttc ttf
+    AddType image/jpeg                                  jpeg jpg
+    AddType image/png                                   png
+    AddType image/svg+xml                               svg svgz
+    AddType image/x-icon                                ico
     AddType font/opentype                               otf
+    AddType text/css                                    css
+    AddType text/html                                   html
 </IfModule>
 
 
@@ -66,8 +62,17 @@ AddDefaultCharset utf-8
     ExpiresActive on
     ExpiresDefault                                      "access plus 1 month"
 
-    ExpiresByType text/html                             "access plus 0 seconds"
     ExpiresByType application/json                      "access plus 0 seconds"
+
+    ExpiresByType text/html                             "access plus 1 minute"
+
+    ExpiresByType image/x-icon                          "access plus 1 week"
+
+    ExpiresByType application/javascript                "access plus 1 year"
+    ExpiresByType image/jpeg                            "access plus 1 year"
+    ExpiresByType image/png                             "access plus 1 year"
+    ExpiresByType image/svg+xml                         "access plus 1 year"
+    ExpiresByType text/css                              "access plus 1 year"
 </IfModule>
 
 <IfModule mod_deflate.c>
@@ -78,42 +83,83 @@ AddDefaultCharset utf-8
         </IfModule>
     </IfModule>
 
-    <IfModule mod_filter.c>
-        AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE "application/atom+xml" \
-                                      "application/javascript" \
-                                      "application/json" \
-                                      "application/ld+json" \
-                                      "application/manifest+json" \
-                                      "application/rdf+xml" \
-                                      "application/rss+xml" \
-                                      "application/schema+json" \
-                                      "application/vnd.geo+json" \
-                                      "application/vnd.ms-fontobject" \
-                                      "application/x-font-ttf" \
-                                      "application/x-javascript" \
-                                      "application/x-web-app-manifest+json" \
-                                      "application/xhtml+xml" \
-                                      "application/xml" \
-                                      "font/eot" \
-                                      "font/opentype" \
-                                      "image/bmp" \
-                                      "image/svg+xml" \
-                                      "image/vnd.microsoft.icon" \
-                                      "image/x-icon" \
-                                      "text/cache-manifest" \
-                                      "text/css" \
-                                      "text/html" \
-                                      "text/javascript" \
-                                      "text/plain" \
-                                      "text/vcard" \
-                                      "text/vnd.rim.location.xloc" \
-                                      "text/vtt" \
-                                      "text/x-component" \
-                                      "text/x-cross-domain-policy" \
-                                      "text/xml"
+    # Apache ≥ 2.3
+    <IfModule mod_authz_core.c>
+        # mod_filter as module only available for Apache ≥ 2.3.7
+        <IfModule mod_filter.c>
+            AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE "application/atom+xml" \
+                                          "application/javascript" \
+                                          "application/json" \
+                                          "application/ld+json" \
+                                          "application/manifest+json" \
+                                          "application/rdf+xml" \
+                                          "application/rss+xml" \
+                                          "application/schema+json" \
+                                          "application/vnd.geo+json" \
+                                          "application/vnd.ms-fontobject" \
+                                          "application/x-font-ttf" \
+                                          "application/x-javascript" \
+                                          "application/x-web-app-manifest+json" \
+                                          "application/xhtml+xml" \
+                                          "application/xml" \
+                                          "font/eot" \
+                                          "font/opentype" \
+                                          "image/bmp" \
+                                          "image/svg+xml" \
+                                          "image/vnd.microsoft.icon" \
+                                          "image/x-icon" \
+                                          "text/cache-manifest" \
+                                          "text/css" \
+                                          "text/html" \
+                                          "text/javascript" \
+                                          "text/plain" \
+                                          "text/vcard" \
+                                          "text/vnd.rim.location.xloc" \
+                                          "text/vtt" \
+                                          "text/x-component" \
+                                          "text/x-cross-domain-policy" \
+                                          "text/xml"
+        </IfModule>
+    </IfModule>
+
+    # Apache < 2.3
+    <IfModule !mod_authz_core.c>
+            AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE "application/atom+xml" \
+                                          "application/javascript" \
+                                          "application/json" \
+                                          "application/ld+json" \
+                                          "application/manifest+json" \
+                                          "application/rdf+xml" \
+                                          "application/rss+xml" \
+                                          "application/schema+json" \
+                                          "application/vnd.geo+json" \
+                                          "application/vnd.ms-fontobject" \
+                                          "application/x-font-ttf" \
+                                          "application/x-javascript" \
+                                          "application/x-web-app-manifest+json" \
+                                          "application/xhtml+xml" \
+                                          "application/xml" \
+                                          "font/eot" \
+                                          "font/opentype" \
+                                          "image/bmp" \
+                                          "image/svg+xml" \
+                                          "image/vnd.microsoft.icon" \
+                                          "image/x-icon" \
+                                          "text/cache-manifest" \
+                                          "text/css" \
+                                          "text/html" \
+                                          "text/javascript" \
+                                          "text/plain" \
+                                          "text/vcard" \
+                                          "text/vnd.rim.location.xloc" \
+                                          "text/vtt" \
+                                          "text/x-component" \
+                                          "text/x-cross-domain-policy" \
+                                          "text/xml"
     </IfModule>
 
     <IfModule mod_mime.c>
+        AddEncoding gzip              gz
         AddEncoding gzip              svgz
     </IfModule>
 </IfModule>