diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 38f1959267d..084de90778c 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -203,7 +203,6 @@ java/src/hdf/CMakeLists.txt -text
 java/src/hdf/hdf5lib/CMakeLists.txt -text
 java/src/hdf/hdf5lib/H5.java -text
 java/src/hdf/hdf5lib/HDF5Constants.java -text
-java/src/hdf/hdf5lib/HDF5GroupInfo.java -text
 java/src/hdf/hdf5lib/HDFArray.java -text
 java/src/hdf/hdf5lib/HDFNativeData.java -text
 java/src/hdf/hdf5lib/callbacks/Callbacks.java -text
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cmake-ctest.yml b/.github/workflows/cmake-ctest.yml
index 494021cb173..1e44da9d1e9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cmake-ctest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cmake-ctest.yml
@@ -65,13 +65,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Publish binary (Windows)
         id: publish-ctest-binary
         run: |
-          mkdir "${{ runner.workspace }}/build"
-          mkdir "${{ runner.workspace }}/build/hdf5"
-          Copy-Item -Path ${{ runner.workspace }}/hdf5/hdfsrc/COPYING -Destination ${{ runner.workspace }}/build/hdf5/
-          Copy-Item -Path ${{ runner.workspace }}/hdf5/hdfsrc/COPYING_LBNL_HDF5 -Destination ${{ runner.workspace }}/build/hdf5/
-          Copy-Item -Path ${{ runner.workspace }}/hdf5/hdfsrc/README.md -Destination ${{ runner.workspace }}/build/hdf5/
-          Copy-Item -Path ${{ runner.workspace }}/hdf5/build/ci-StdShar-MSVC/* -Destination ${{ runner.workspace }}/build/hdf5/ -Include *.zip
-          cd "${{ runner.workspace }}/build"
+          mkdir "${{ runner.workspace }}/build114"
+          mkdir "${{ runner.workspace }}/build114/hdf5"
+          Copy-Item -Path ${{ runner.workspace }}/hdf5/hdfsrc/COPYING -Destination ${{ runner.workspace }}/build114/hdf5/
+          Copy-Item -Path ${{ runner.workspace }}/hdf5/hdfsrc/COPYING_LBNL_HDF5 -Destination ${{ runner.workspace }}/build114/hdf5/
+          Copy-Item -Path ${{ runner.workspace }}/hdf5/hdfsrc/README.md -Destination ${{ runner.workspace }}/build114/hdf5/
+          Copy-Item -Path ${{ runner.workspace }}/hdf5/build/ci-StdShar-MSVC/* -Destination ${{ runner.workspace }}/build114/hdf5/ -Include *.zip
+          cd "${{ runner.workspace }}/build114"
           7z a -tzip ${{ steps.set-file-base.outputs.FILE_BASE }}-win_vs2022.zip hdf5
         shell: pwsh
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
               name: zip-vs2022-binary
-              path: ${{ runner.workspace }}/build/${{ steps.set-file-base.outputs.FILE_BASE }}-win_vs2022.zip
+              path: ${{ runner.workspace }}/build114/${{ steps.set-file-base.outputs.FILE_BASE }}-win_vs2022.zip
               if-no-files-found: error # 'warn' or 'ignore' are also available, defaults to `warn`
 
   build_and_test_linux:
@@ -128,13 +128,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Publish binary (Linux)
         id: publish-ctest-binary
         run: |
-          mkdir "${{ runner.workspace }}/build"
-          mkdir "${{ runner.workspace }}/build/hdf5"
-          cp ${{ runner.workspace }}/hdf5/hdfsrc/COPYING ${{ runner.workspace }}/build/hdf5
-          cp ${{ runner.workspace }}/hdf5/hdfsrc/COPYING_LBNL_HDF5 ${{ runner.workspace }}/build/hdf5
-          cp ${{ runner.workspace }}/hdf5/hdfsrc/README.md ${{ runner.workspace }}/build/hdf5
-          cp ${{ runner.workspace }}/hdf5/build/ci-StdShar-GNUC/*.tar.gz ${{ runner.workspace }}/build/hdf5
-          cd "${{ runner.workspace }}/build"
+          mkdir "${{ runner.workspace }}/build114"
+          mkdir "${{ runner.workspace }}/build114/hdf5"
+          cp ${{ runner.workspace }}/hdf5/hdfsrc/COPYING ${{ runner.workspace }}/build114/hdf5
+          cp ${{ runner.workspace }}/hdf5/hdfsrc/COPYING_LBNL_HDF5 ${{ runner.workspace }}/build114/hdf5
+          cp ${{ runner.workspace }}/hdf5/hdfsrc/README.md ${{ runner.workspace }}/build114/hdf5
+          cp ${{ runner.workspace }}/hdf5/build/ci-StdShar-GNUC/*.tar.gz ${{ runner.workspace }}/build114/hdf5
+          cd "${{ runner.workspace }}/build114"
           tar -zcvf ${{ steps.set-file-base.outputs.FILE_BASE }}-ubuntu-2204.tar.gz hdf5
         shell: bash
 
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
               name: tgz-ubuntu-2204-binary
-              path: ${{ runner.workspace }}/build/${{ steps.set-file-base.outputs.FILE_BASE }}-ubuntu-2204.tar.gz
+              path: ${{ runner.workspace }}/build114/${{ steps.set-file-base.outputs.FILE_BASE }}-ubuntu-2204.tar.gz
               if-no-files-found: error # 'warn' or 'ignore' are also available, defaults to `warn`
 
       # Save doxygen files created by ctest script
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
               name: docs-doxygen
-              path: ${{ runner.workspace }}/hdf5/build/ci-StdShar-GNUC/hdf5lib_docs/html
+              path: ${{ runner.workspace }}/hdf5/build114/ci-StdShar-GNUC/hdf5lib_docs/html
               if-no-files-found: error # 'warn' or 'ignore' are also available, defaults to `warn`
 
   build_and_test_mac:
@@ -203,13 +203,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Publish binary (MacOS)
         id: publish-ctest-binary
         run: |
-          mkdir "${{ runner.workspace }}/build"
-          mkdir "${{ runner.workspace }}/build/hdf5"
-          cp ${{ runner.workspace }}/hdf5/hdfsrc/COPYING ${{ runner.workspace }}/build/hdf5
-          cp ${{ runner.workspace }}/hdf5/hdfsrc/COPYING_LBNL_HDF5 ${{ runner.workspace }}/build/hdf5
-          cp ${{ runner.workspace }}/hdf5/hdfsrc/README.md ${{ runner.workspace }}/build/hdf5
-          cp ${{ runner.workspace }}/hdf5/build/ci-StdShar-Clang/*.tar.gz ${{ runner.workspace }}/build/hdf5
-          cd "${{ runner.workspace }}/build"
+          mkdir "${{ runner.workspace }}/build114"
+          mkdir "${{ runner.workspace }}/build114/hdf5"
+          cp ${{ runner.workspace }}/hdf5/hdfsrc/COPYING ${{ runner.workspace }}/build114/hdf5
+          cp ${{ runner.workspace }}/hdf5/hdfsrc/COPYING_LBNL_HDF5 ${{ runner.workspace }}/build114/hdf5
+          cp ${{ runner.workspace }}/hdf5/hdfsrc/README.md ${{ runner.workspace }}/build114/hdf5
+          cp ${{ runner.workspace }}/hdf5/build/ci-StdShar-Clang/*.tar.gz ${{ runner.workspace }}/build114/hdf5
+          cd "${{ runner.workspace }}/build114"
           tar -zcvf ${{ steps.set-file-base.outputs.FILE_BASE }}-osx12.tar.gz hdf5
         shell: bash
 
@@ -223,6 +223,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
               name: tgz-osx12-binary
-              path: ${{ runner.workspace }}/build/${{ steps.set-file-base.outputs.FILE_BASE }}-osx12.tar.gz
+              path: ${{ runner.workspace }}/build114/${{ steps.set-file-base.outputs.FILE_BASE }}-osx12.tar.gz
               if-no-files-found: error # 'warn' or 'ignore' are also available, defaults to `warn`
 
diff --git a/CMakeInstallation.cmake b/CMakeInstallation.cmake
index cc7d219fa8c..c7b6a1f6a26 100644
--- a/CMakeInstallation.cmake
+++ b/CMakeInstallation.cmake
@@ -154,13 +154,20 @@ if (HDF5_PACK_EXAMPLES)
   option (EXAMPLES_USE_RELEASE_NAME "Use the released examples artifact name" OFF)
   option (EXAMPLES_DOWNLOAD "Download to use released examples files" OFF)
   if (EXAMPLES_DOWNLOAD)
+    if (EXAMPLES_USE_RELEASE_NAME)
+      set (EXAMPLES_NAME ${EXAMPLES_TGZ_ORIGNAME})
+    else ()
+      set (EXAMPLES_NAME ${HDF5_EXAMPLES_COMPRESSED})
+    endif ()
     if (NOT EXAMPLES_USE_LOCALCONTENT)
-      set (EXAMPLES_URL ${EXAMPLES_TGZ_ORIGPATH}/${EXAMPLES_TGZ_ORIGNAME})
+      set (EXAMPLES_URL ${EXAMPLES_TGZ_ORIGPATH}/${EXAMPLES_NAME})
+      file (DOWNLOAD ${EXAMPLES_URL} ${HDF5_BINARY_DIR}/${HDF5_EXAMPLES_COMPRESSED} STATUS EX_DL)
+      message (STATUS "Examples file is ${EXAMPLES_URL} STATUS=${EX_DL}")
     else ()
-      set (EXAMPLES_URL ${TGZPATH}/${EXAMPLES_TGZ_ORIGNAME})
+      set (EXAMPLES_URL ${TGZPATH}/${EXAMPLES_NAME})
+      file (COPY_FILE ${EXAMPLES_URL} ${HDF5_BINARY_DIR}/${HDF5_EXAMPLES_COMPRESSED} RESULT EX_DL)
+      message (STATUS "Examples file is ${EXAMPLES_URL} RESULT=${EX_DL}")
     endif ()
-    message (VERBOSE "Examples file is ${EXAMPLES_URL}")
-    file (DOWNLOAD ${EXAMPLES_URL} ${HDF5_BINARY_DIR}/${HDF5_EXAMPLES_COMPRESSED})
     if (EXISTS "${HDF5_BINARY_DIR}/${HDF5_EXAMPLES_COMPRESSED}")
       execute_process(
           COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E tar xzf ${HDF5_EXAMPLES_COMPRESSED}
@@ -168,7 +175,6 @@ if (HDF5_PACK_EXAMPLES)
           COMMAND_ECHO STDOUT
       )
     endif ()
-    set (EXAMPLES_USE_RELEASE_NAME ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
   else ()
     if (EXISTS "${HDF5_EXAMPLES_COMPRESSED_DIR}/${HDF5_EXAMPLES_COMPRESSED}")
       execute_process(
@@ -178,20 +184,18 @@ if (HDF5_PACK_EXAMPLES)
       )
     endif ()
   endif ()
-  if (EXAMPLES_USE_RELEASE_NAME)
-    get_filename_component (EX_LAST_EXT ${HDF5_EXAMPLES_COMPRESSED} LAST_EXT)
-    if (${EX_LAST_EXT} STREQUAL ".zip")
-      get_filename_component (EX_DIR_NAME ${HDF5_EXAMPLES_COMPRESSED} NAME_WLE)
-    else ()
-      get_filename_component (EX_DIR_NAME ${HDF5_EXAMPLES_COMPRESSED} NAME_WLE)
-      get_filename_component (EX_DIR_NAME ${EX_DIR_NAME} NAME_WLE)
-    endif ()
-    execute_process(
-        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E rename ${EX_DIR_NAME} HDF5Examples
-        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${HDF5_BINARY_DIR}
-        COMMAND_ECHO STDOUT
-    )
+  get_filename_component (EX_LAST_EXT ${HDF5_EXAMPLES_COMPRESSED} LAST_EXT)
+  if (${EX_LAST_EXT} STREQUAL ".zip")
+    get_filename_component (EX_DIR_NAME ${HDF5_EXAMPLES_COMPRESSED} NAME_WLE)
+  else ()
+    get_filename_component (EX_DIR_NAME ${HDF5_EXAMPLES_COMPRESSED} NAME_WLE)
+    get_filename_component (EX_DIR_NAME ${EX_DIR_NAME} NAME_WLE)
   endif ()
+  execute_process(
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E rename ${EX_DIR_NAME} HDF5Examples
+      WORKING_DIRECTORY ${HDF5_BINARY_DIR}
+      COMMAND_ECHO STDOUT
+  )
   install (
     DIRECTORY ${HDF5_BINARY_DIR}/HDF5Examples
     DESTINATION ${HDF5_INSTALL_DATA_DIR}
diff --git a/CMakePresets.json b/CMakePresets.json
index ac5c1c00427..ee170446cf3 100644
--- a/CMakePresets.json
+++ b/CMakePresets.json
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@
       "cacheVariables": {
         "HDF5_PACKAGE_EXTLIBS": "ON",
         "ZLIB_USE_LOCALCONTENT": "OFF",
-        "LIBAEC_USE_LOCALCONTENT": "OFF"
+        "LIBAEC_USE_LOCALCONTENT": "OFF",
+        "HDF5_ENABLE_SZIP_SUPPORT": "ON"
       }
     },
     {
@@ -91,10 +92,10 @@
       "name": "ci-ExamplesVars",
       "hidden": true,
       "cacheVariables": {
-        "HDF5_EXAMPLES_COMPRESSED": {"type": "STRING", "value": "hdf5-examples-2.0.3.tar.gz"},
+        "HDF5_EXAMPLES_COMPRESSED": {"type": "STRING", "value": "hdf5-examples-2.0.4.tar.gz"},
         "HDF5_EXAMPLES_COMPRESSED_DIR": {"type": "STRING", "value": "${sourceParentDir}/temp"},
         "EXAMPLES_TGZ_ORIGPATH": {"type": "STRING", "value": "https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5-examples/archive/refs/tags/"},
-        "EXAMPLES_TGZ_ORIGNAME": {"type": "STRING", "value": "2.0.3.tar.gz"}
+        "EXAMPLES_TGZ_ORIGNAME": {"type": "STRING", "value": "2.0.4.tar.gz"}
       }
     },
     {
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@
       "hidden": true,
       "inherits": ["ci-base", "ci-ExamplesVars", "ci-base-tgz"],
       "cacheVariables": {
+        "EXAMPLES_USE_RELEASE_NAME": "ON",
         "EXAMPLES_USE_LOCALCONTENT": "OFF",
         "HDF5_PACK_EXAMPLES": "ON",
         "EXAMPLES_DOWNLOAD": "ON"
diff --git a/config/cmake-presets/hidden-presets.json b/config/cmake-presets/hidden-presets.json
index 18ffdd17f5f..9dd4f9f8c2d 100644
--- a/config/cmake-presets/hidden-presets.json
+++ b/config/cmake-presets/hidden-presets.json
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
       "description": "Basic build using Ninja generator",
       "generator": "Ninja",
       "hidden": true,
-      "binaryDir": "${sourceParentDir}/build/${presetName}",
-      "installDir": "${sourceParentDir}/install/${presetName}"
+      "binaryDir": "${sourceParentDir}/build114/${presetName}",
+      "installDir": "${sourceParentDir}/install114/${presetName}"
     },
    {
       "name": "ci-x64",
diff --git a/config/cmake/ConfigureChecks.cmake b/config/cmake/ConfigureChecks.cmake
index 4da401a8174..e928a83c38c 100644
--- a/config/cmake/ConfigureChecks.cmake
+++ b/config/cmake/ConfigureChecks.cmake
@@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ endmacro ()
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Set the flag to indicate that the machine is using a special algorithm toconvert
+# Set the flag to indicate that the machine is using a special algorithm to convert
 # 'long double' to '(unsigned) long' values.  (This flag should only be set for
 # the IBM Power Linux.  When the bit sequence of long double is
 # 0x4351ccf385ebc8a0bfcc2a3c3d855620, the converted value of (unsigned)long
diff --git a/config/cmake/cacheinit.cmake b/config/cmake/cacheinit.cmake
index ee2d7c72cb7..a07b8d31d3c 100644
--- a/config/cmake/cacheinit.cmake
+++ b/config/cmake/cacheinit.cmake
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ set_property (CACHE HDF5_INSTALL_MOD_FORTRAN PROPERTY STRINGS NO SHARED STATIC)
 
 set (HDF5_BUILD_GENERATORS ON CACHE BOOL "Build Test Generators" FORCE)
 
+set (HDF5_ENABLE_SZIP_SUPPORT ON CACHE BOOL "Use SZip Filter" FORCE)
+
+set (HDF5_ENABLE_SZIP_ENCODING ON CACHE BOOL "Use SZip Encoding" FORCE)
+
 set (MPIEXEC_MAX_NUMPROCS "4" CACHE STRING "Minimum number of processes for HDF parallel tests" FORCE)
 
 set (HDF5_ENABLE_ALL_WARNINGS ON CACHE BOOL "Enable all warnings" FORCE)
diff --git a/config/cmake/scripts/HDF5options.cmake b/config/cmake/scripts/HDF5options.cmake
index ba5fc248c4c..5267212a09c 100644
--- a/config/cmake/scripts/HDF5options.cmake
+++ b/config/cmake/scripts/HDF5options.cmake
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ set (ADD_BUILD_OPTIONS "${ADD_BUILD_OPTIONS} -DHDF5_ALLOW_EXTERNAL_SUPPORT:STRIN
 
 ### disable using ext zlib
 #set (ADD_BUILD_OPTIONS "${ADD_BUILD_OPTIONS} -DHDF5_ENABLE_Z_LIB_SUPPORT:BOOL=OFF")
-### disable using ext szip
+### enable using ext szip
 #set (ADD_BUILD_OPTIONS "${ADD_BUILD_OPTIONS} -DHDF5_ENABLE_SZIP_SUPPORT:BOOL=ON")
-#set (ADD_BUILD_OPTIONS "${ADD_BUILD_OPTIONS} -DHDF5_ENABLE_SZIP_ENCODING:BOOL=OFF")
+#set (ADD_BUILD_OPTIONS "${ADD_BUILD_OPTIONS} -DHDF5_ENABLE_SZIP_ENCODING:BOOL=ON")
 
 ####      package examples       ####
 #set (ADD_BUILD_OPTIONS "${ADD_BUILD_OPTIONS} -DHDF5_PACK_EXAMPLES:BOOL=ON -DHDF5_EXAMPLES_COMPRESSED:STRING=HDF5Examples-2.0.3-Source.tar.gz -DHDF5_EXAMPLES_COMPRESSED_DIR:PATH=${CTEST_SCRIPT_DIRECTORY}")
diff --git a/release_docs/INSTALL_CMake.txt b/release_docs/INSTALL_CMake.txt
index 7c99fd533b8..4da4daa2239 100644
--- a/release_docs/INSTALL_CMake.txt
+++ b/release_docs/INSTALL_CMake.txt
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ IV. Further considerations
       the settings for the developers' environment. Then the only options needed
       on the command line are those options that are different. Example using HDF
       default cache file:
-           cmake -C ../config/cmake/cacheinit.cmake -G "Visual Studio 12 2013" \
+           cmake -C ../config/cmake/cacheinit.cmake -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" \
                -DHDF5_ENABLE_SZIP_SUPPORT:BOOL=OFF -DHDF5_ENABLE_Z_LIB_SUPPORT:BOOL=OFF \
                -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Release ..