diff --git a/CHANGELOG.unreleased.md b/CHANGELOG.unreleased.md
index e95b72613..f2a50d159 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.unreleased.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.unreleased.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 - [LDAP] Prevent LDAP-provided groups from being edited from XO [#1884](https://github.com/vatesfr/xen-orchestra/issues/1884) (PR [#5351](https://github.com/vatesfr/xen-orchestra/pull/5351))
 - [Licensing] Allow Free and Starter users to copy VMs and create a VM from snapshot on the same pool [#4890](https://github.com/vatesfr/xen-orchestra/issues/4890) (PR [5333](https://github.com/vatesfr/xen-orchestra/pull/5333))
+- [SR] Use SR type `zfs` instead of `file` for ZFS storage repositories (PR [5302](https://github.com/vatesfr/xen-orchestra/pull/5330))
 
 ### Bug fixes
 
diff --git a/packages/xo-server/src/api/sr.js b/packages/xo-server/src/api/sr.js
index 2d1bd70fd..ccb737e05 100644
--- a/packages/xo-server/src/api/sr.js
+++ b/packages/xo-server/src/api/sr.js
@@ -180,35 +180,6 @@ createIso.resolve = {
   host: ['host', 'host', 'administrate'],
 }
 
-// -------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-export async function createFile({
-  host,
-  nameLabel,
-  nameDescription,
-  location,
-}) {
-  const xapi = this.getXapi(host)
-  return xapi.createSr({
-    hostRef: host._xapiRef,
-    name_label: nameLabel,
-    name_description: nameDescription,
-    type: 'file',
-    device_config: { location },
-  })
-}
-
-createFile.params = {
-  host: { type: 'string' },
-  nameLabel: { type: 'string' },
-  nameDescription: { type: 'string' },
-  location: { type: 'string' },
-}
-
-createFile.resolve = {
-  host: ['host', 'host', 'administrate'],
-}
-
 // -------------------------------------------------------------------
 // NFS SR
 
@@ -443,6 +414,34 @@ probeZfs.resolve = {
   host: ['host', 'host', 'administrate'],
 }
 
+export async function createZfs({
+  host,
+  nameLabel,
+  nameDescription,
+  location,
+}) {
+  const xapi = this.getXapi(host)
+  // only XCP-ng >=8.2 support the ZFS SR
+  const types = await xapi.call('SR.get_supported_types')
+  return xapi.createSr({
+    hostRef: host._xapiRef,
+    name_label: nameLabel,
+    name_description: nameDescription,
+    type: types.includes('zfs') ? 'zfs' : 'file',
+    device_config: { location },
+  })
+}
+
+createZfs.params = {
+  host: { type: 'string' },
+  nameLabel: { type: 'string' },
+  nameDescription: { type: 'string' },
+  location: { type: 'string' },
+}
+
+createZfs.resolve = {
+  host: ['host', 'host', 'administrate'],
+}
 // -------------------------------------------------------------------
 // This function helps to detect all NFS shares (exports) on a NFS server
 // Return a table of exports with their paths and ACLs
diff --git a/packages/xo-web/src/common/xo/index.js b/packages/xo-web/src/common/xo/index.js
index a992287f5..9a2638b88 100644
--- a/packages/xo-web/src/common/xo/index.js
+++ b/packages/xo-web/src/common/xo/index.js
@@ -2680,7 +2680,7 @@ export const createSrExt = (host, nameLabel, nameDescription, device) =>
   _call('sr.createExt', { host, nameLabel, nameDescription, device })
 
 export const createSrZfs = (host, nameLabel, nameDescription, location) =>
-  _call('sr.createFile', {
+  _call('sr.createZfs', {
     host: resolveId(host),
     nameDescription,
     nameLabel,