diff --git a/cpp/src/io/parquet/page_enc.cu b/cpp/src/io/parquet/page_enc.cu
index 12af5888d2f..3cc4fda695f 100644
--- a/cpp/src/io/parquet/page_enc.cu
+++ b/cpp/src/io/parquet/page_enc.cu
@@ -57,6 +57,13 @@ constexpr int num_encode_warps  = encode_block_size / cudf::detail::warp_size;
 
 constexpr int rolling_idx(int pos) { return rolling_index<rle_buffer_size>(pos); }
 
+// max V1 header size
+// also valid for dict page header (V1 or V2)
+constexpr int MAX_V1_HDR_SIZE = util::round_up_unsafe(27, 8);
+
+// max V2 header size
+constexpr int MAX_V2_HDR_SIZE = util::round_up_unsafe(49, 8);
+
 // do not truncate statistics
 constexpr int32_t NO_TRUNC_STATS = 0;
 
@@ -534,6 +541,9 @@ CUDF_KERNEL void __launch_bounds__(128)
   uint32_t const t          = threadIdx.x;
   auto const data_page_type = write_v2_headers ? PageType::DATA_PAGE_V2 : PageType::DATA_PAGE;
 
+  // Max page header size excluding statistics
+  auto const max_data_page_hdr_size = write_v2_headers ? MAX_V2_HDR_SIZE : MAX_V1_HDR_SIZE;
+
   if (t == 0) {
     col_g  = col_desc[blockIdx.x];
     ck_g   = chunks[blockIdx.y][blockIdx.x];
@@ -584,7 +594,7 @@ CUDF_KERNEL void __launch_bounds__(128)
         page_g.chunk           = &chunks[blockIdx.y][blockIdx.x];
         page_g.chunk_id        = blockIdx.y * num_columns + blockIdx.x;
         page_g.hdr_size        = 0;
-        page_g.max_hdr_size    = 32;
+        page_g.max_hdr_size    = MAX_V1_HDR_SIZE;
         page_g.max_data_size   = ck_g.uniq_data_size;
         page_g.start_row       = cur_row;
         page_g.num_rows        = ck_g.num_dict_entries;
@@ -684,7 +694,7 @@ CUDF_KERNEL void __launch_bounds__(128)
           page_g.chunk_id      = blockIdx.y * num_columns + blockIdx.x;
           page_g.page_type     = data_page_type;
           page_g.hdr_size      = 0;
-          page_g.max_hdr_size  = 32;  // Max size excluding statistics
+          page_g.max_hdr_size  = max_data_page_hdr_size;  // Max size excluding statistics
           if (ck_g.stats) {
             uint32_t stats_hdr_len = 16;
             if (col_g.stats_dtype == dtype_string || col_g.stats_dtype == dtype_byte_array) {
diff --git a/cpp/src/io/parquet/writer_impl.cu b/cpp/src/io/parquet/writer_impl.cu
index 90f52c0ee70..417577f7b89 100644
--- a/cpp/src/io/parquet/writer_impl.cu
+++ b/cpp/src/io/parquet/writer_impl.cu
@@ -2220,6 +2220,10 @@ writer::impl::~impl() { close(); }
 
 void writer::impl::init_state()
 {
+  // See issue #14781. Can remove this check once that is fixed.
+  CUDF_EXPECTS(not(_write_v2_headers and _compression == Compression::ZSTD),
+               "V2 page headers cannot be used with ZSTD compression");
+
   _current_chunk_offset.resize(_out_sink.size());
   // Write file header
   file_header_s fhdr;
diff --git a/cpp/tests/io/parquet_writer_test.cpp b/cpp/tests/io/parquet_writer_test.cpp
index 9415e018c6a..946c0e23f08 100644
--- a/cpp/tests/io/parquet_writer_test.cpp
+++ b/cpp/tests/io/parquet_writer_test.cpp
@@ -1401,6 +1401,21 @@ TEST_F(ParquetWriterTest, EmptyMinStringStatistics)
   EXPECT_EQ(max_value, std::string(max_val));
 }
 
+// See #14772.
+// zStandard compression cannot currently be used with V2 page headers due to buffer
+// alignment issues.
+// TODO: Remove this test when #14781 is closed.
+TEST_F(ParquetWriterTest, ZstdWithV2Header)
+{
+  auto const expected = table_view{};
+
+  cudf::io::parquet_writer_options const out_opts =
+    cudf::io::parquet_writer_options::builder(cudf::io::sink_info{"14772.pq"}, expected)
+      .compression(cudf::io::compression_type::ZSTD)
+      .write_v2_headers(true);
+  EXPECT_THROW(cudf::io::write_parquet(out_opts), cudf::logic_error);
+}
+
 // custom mem mapped data sink that supports device writes
 template <bool supports_device_writes>
 class custom_test_memmap_sink : public cudf::io::data_sink {