diff --git a/ProjectName.cmake b/ProjectName.cmake
index 605d3749c9..b7da4c0bac 100644
--- a/ProjectName.cmake
+++ b/ProjectName.cmake
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ set(PROJECT_NAME Seacas)
 # Turn on export dependency generation for WrapExteranl package
 set(${PROJECT_NAME}_GENERATE_EXPORT_FILE_DEPENDENCIES_DEFAULT ON)
 
-set(${PROJECT_NAME}_GENERATE_REPO_VERSION_FILE_DEFAULT  ON)
+set(${PROJECT_NAME}_GENERATE_REPO_VERSION_FILE_DEFAULT  OFF)
 
-set(${PROJECT_NAME}_GENERATE_VERSION_DATE_FILES_DEFAULT ON)
+set(${PROJECT_NAME}_GENERATE_VERSION_DATE_FILES_DEFAULT OFF)
 
 set(SEACAS_GTest_TPL_name "GTest")
diff --git a/packages/seacas/applications/cpup/cpup.C b/packages/seacas/applications/cpup/cpup.C
index b93c9292eb..42784598a1 100644
--- a/packages/seacas/applications/cpup/cpup.C
+++ b/packages/seacas/applications/cpup/cpup.C
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 
 #include "add_to_log.h"
-#define FMT_DEPRECATED_OSTREAM
+
 #include "fmt/ostream.h"
 #include "fmt/ranges.h"
 #include "format_time.h"
@@ -173,9 +173,12 @@ template <typename INT> void cpup(Cpup::SystemInterface &interFace, INT /*dummy*
     // Query the system to see if the number of files exceeds the system limit and we
     // need to force use of minimize_open_files...
     int max_files = open_file_limit() - 1; // We also have an output file.
+    if (debug_level & 1) {
+      fmt::print(stderr, "{} Open file limit = {}\n", time_stamp(tsFormat), max_files);
+    }
     if (interFace.processor_count() > max_files) {
       minimize_open_files = true;
-      fmt::print("Single file mode... (Max open = {})\n", max_files);
+      fmt::print("INFO: Automatically setting single file mode... (Max open = {})\n", max_files);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/seacas/applications/ejoin/EJ_Version.h b/packages/seacas/applications/ejoin/EJ_Version.h
index e90e978956..c18eda3cd5 100644
--- a/packages/seacas/applications/ejoin/EJ_Version.h
+++ b/packages/seacas/applications/ejoin/EJ_Version.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright(C) 1999-2020, 2022, 2023, 2024 National Technology & Engineering Solutions
+// Copyright(C) 1999-2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 National Technology & Engineering Solutions
 // of Sandia, LLC (NTESS).  Under the terms of Contract DE-NA0003525 with
 // NTESS, the U.S. Government retains certain rights in this software.
 //
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@
 
 static const std::array<std::string, 3> qainfo{
     "ejoin",
-    "2024/08/29",
-    "1.6.5",
+    "2025/04/18",
+    "1.6.6",
 };
diff --git a/packages/seacas/applications/ejoin/EJoin.C b/packages/seacas/applications/ejoin/EJoin.C
index 3d9f618f94..ddd3b0b4c6 100644
--- a/packages/seacas/applications/ejoin/EJoin.C
+++ b/packages/seacas/applications/ejoin/EJoin.C
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
       if (dbi[p]->int_byte_size_api() > int_byte_size) {
         int_byte_size = dbi[p]->int_byte_size_api();
       }
+      dbi[p]->set_lower_case_database_names(false);
     }
 
     for (size_t p = 0; p < interFace.inputFiles_.size(); p++) {
diff --git a/packages/seacas/applications/slice/SL_Version.h b/packages/seacas/applications/slice/SL_Version.h
index ca02cc3060..4b0dd10bbc 100644
--- a/packages/seacas/applications/slice/SL_Version.h
+++ b/packages/seacas/applications/slice/SL_Version.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright(C) 1999-2024 National Technology & Engineering Solutions
+// Copyright(C) 1999-2025 National Technology & Engineering Solutions
 // of Sandia, LLC (NTESS).  Under the terms of Contract DE-NA0003525 with
 // NTESS, the U.S. Government retains certain rights in this software.
 //
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@
 
 static const std::array<std::string, 3> qainfo{
     "slice",
-    "2024/07/17",
-    "2.3.01",
+    "2025/04/18",
+    "2.3.02",
 };
diff --git a/packages/seacas/applications/slice/Slice.C b/packages/seacas/applications/slice/Slice.C
index d43a141ced..e015efa77a 100644
--- a/packages/seacas/applications/slice/Slice.C
+++ b/packages/seacas/applications/slice/Slice.C
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright(C) 1999-2024 National Technology & Engineering Solutions
+// Copyright(C) 1999-2025 National Technology & Engineering Solutions
 // of Sandia, LLC (NTESS).  Under the terms of Contract DE-NA0003525 with
 // NTESS, the U.S. Government retains certain rights in this software.
 //
@@ -397,6 +397,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     dbi->set_int_byte_size_api(Ioss::USE_INT64_API);
   }
 
+  dbi->set_lower_case_database_names(false);
   dbi->set_surface_split_type(Ioss::SPLIT_BY_DONT_SPLIT);
   dbi->set_field_separator(0);
 
diff --git a/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/Ioss_DatabaseIO.C b/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/Ioss_DatabaseIO.C
index e86a627364..1d3ec6db2c 100644
--- a/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/Ioss_DatabaseIO.C
+++ b/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/Ioss_DatabaseIO.C
@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@ namespace Ioss {
     }
 
     Utils::check_set_bool_property(properties, "LOWER_CASE_VARIABLE_NAMES", lowerCaseVariableNames);
+    Utils::check_set_bool_property(properties, "LOWER_CASE_DATABASE_NAMES", lowerCaseDatabaseNames);
     Utils::check_set_bool_property(properties, "USE_GENERIC_CANONICAL_NAMES",
                                    useGenericCanonicalName);
     Utils::check_set_bool_property(properties, "IGNORE_DATABASE_NAMES", ignoreDatabaseNames);
diff --git a/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/Ioss_DatabaseIO.h b/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/Ioss_DatabaseIO.h
index 54d65cc31f..951351c012 100644
--- a/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/Ioss_DatabaseIO.h
+++ b/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/Ioss_DatabaseIO.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright(C) 1999-2024 National Technology & Engineering Solutions
+// Copyright(C) 1999-2025 National Technology & Engineering Solutions
 // of Sandia, LLC (NTESS).  Under the terms of Contract DE-NA0003525 with
 // NTESS, the U.S. Government retains certain rights in this software.
 //
@@ -531,6 +531,11 @@ namespace Ioss {
       lowerCaseVariableNames = true_false;
     }
 
+    void set_lower_case_database_names(bool true_false) const
+    {
+      lowerCaseDatabaseNames = true_false;
+    }
+
     /* \brief Set the method used to split sidesets into homogeneous blocks.
      *
      *  \param[in] split_type The desired method.
@@ -767,6 +772,7 @@ namespace Ioss {
     bool         isParallel{false}; //!< true if running in parallel
 
     mutable bool lowerCaseVariableNames{true};
+    mutable bool lowerCaseDatabaseNames{true};
     bool         usingParallelIO{false};
 
     // List of element blocks that should be omitted or included from
diff --git a/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/Ioss_Doxygen.h b/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/Ioss_Doxygen.h
index f5132e2515..bde31c286f 100644
--- a/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/Ioss_Doxygen.h
+++ b/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/Ioss_Doxygen.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ par_cgns         | Input/Output  | alias for parallel CGNS
  ----------|:--------:|------------
  LOGGING   | on/[off] | enable/disable logging of field input/output
  LOWER_CASE_VARIABLE_NAMES | [on]/off | Convert all variable names read from input database to lowercase; replace ' ' with '_'
+ LOWER_CASE_DATABASE_NAMES | on/[off] | Convert all block/set names read from input database to lowercase; replace ' ' with '_'
  USE_GENERIC_CANONICAL_NAMES | on/[off]  | use `block_{id}` as canonical name of an element block instead of the name (if any) stored on the database. The database name will be an alias.
  IGNORE_DATABASE_NAMES | on/[off] | Do not read any element block, nodeset, ... names if they exist on the database.  Use only the canonical generated names (entitytype + _ + id)
  IGNORE_ATTRIBUTE_NAMES   | on/[off] | Do not read the attribute names that may exist on an input database. Instead for an element block with N attributes, the fields will be named `attribute_1` ... `attribute_N`
diff --git a/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/Ioss_EntityBlock.C b/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/Ioss_EntityBlock.C
index 9b651af265..8394c45aa5 100644
--- a/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/Ioss_EntityBlock.C
+++ b/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/Ioss_EntityBlock.C
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright(C) 1999-2023 National Technology & Engineering Solutions
+// Copyright(C) 1999-2023, 2025 National Technology & Engineering Solutions
 // of Sandia, LLC (NTESS).  Under the terms of Contract DE-NA0003525 with
 // NTESS, the U.S. Government retains certain rights in this software.
 //
diff --git a/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/Ioss_Region.C b/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/Ioss_Region.C
index dd208ad2b8..8db84752d1 100644
--- a/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/Ioss_Region.C
+++ b/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/Ioss_Region.C
@@ -1744,6 +1744,11 @@ namespace Ioss {
         aliases_[type].insert(std::make_pair(uname, canon));
       }
 
+      std::string lname = Ioss::Utils::lowercase(alias);
+      if (lname != alias && lname != canon) {
+        aliases_[type].insert(std::make_pair(lname, canon));
+      }
+
       bool result;
       std::tie(std::ignore, result) = aliases_[type].insert(std::make_pair(alias, canon));
       return result;
diff --git a/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/Ioss_Version.h b/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/Ioss_Version.h
index c9b7bb3fc2..7a106c64c3 100644
--- a/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/Ioss_Version.h
+++ b/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/Ioss_Version.h
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
 
 #pragma once
 namespace Ioss {
-  inline const char *Version() { return "2025-03-13"; }
+  inline const char *Version() { return "2025-04-14"; }
 } // namespace Ioss
diff --git a/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/exodus/Ioex_DatabaseIO.C b/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/exodus/Ioex_DatabaseIO.C
index 41780b9dd5..195e1cfd8d 100644
--- a/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/exodus/Ioex_DatabaseIO.C
+++ b/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/exodus/Ioex_DatabaseIO.C
@@ -1268,7 +1268,7 @@ namespace Ioex {
       else {
         Ioss::SerializeIO serializeio_(this);
         block_name = Ioex::get_entity_name(get_file_pointer(), entity_type, id, basename,
-                                           maximumNameLength, db_has_name);
+                                           maximumNameLength, lowerCaseDatabaseNames, db_has_name);
       }
       if (get_use_generic_canonical_name()) {
         std::swap(block_name, alias);
@@ -1596,8 +1596,9 @@ namespace Ioex {
             side_set_name = alias;
           }
           else {
-            side_set_name = Ioex::get_entity_name(get_file_pointer(), EX_SIDE_SET, id, "surface",
-                                                  maximumNameLength, db_has_name);
+            side_set_name =
+                Ioex::get_entity_name(get_file_pointer(), EX_SIDE_SET, id, "surface",
+                                      maximumNameLength, lowerCaseDatabaseNames, db_has_name);
           }
 
           if (side_set_name == "universal_sideset") {
@@ -2001,8 +2002,9 @@ namespace Ioex {
             Xset_name = alias;
           }
           else {
-            Xset_name = Ioex::get_entity_name(get_file_pointer(), type, id, base + "list",
-                                              maximumNameLength, db_has_name);
+            Xset_name =
+                Ioex::get_entity_name(get_file_pointer(), type, id, base + "list",
+                                      maximumNameLength, lowerCaseDatabaseNames, db_has_name);
           }
 
           if (get_use_generic_canonical_name()) {
diff --git a/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/exodus/Ioex_Internals.C b/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/exodus/Ioex_Internals.C
index d938a86190..24116e6dd7 100644
--- a/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/exodus/Ioex_Internals.C
+++ b/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/exodus/Ioex_Internals.C
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright(C) 1999-2024 National Technology & Engineering Solutions
+// Copyright(C) 1999-2025 National Technology & Engineering Solutions
 // of Sandia, LLC (NTESS).  Under the terms of Contract DE-NA0003525 with
 // NTESS, the U.S. Government retains certain rights in this software.
 //
diff --git a/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/exodus/Ioex_ParallelDatabaseIO.C b/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/exodus/Ioex_ParallelDatabaseIO.C
index 027adae1ce..961fe949b5 100644
--- a/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/exodus/Ioex_ParallelDatabaseIO.C
+++ b/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/exodus/Ioex_ParallelDatabaseIO.C
@@ -1216,7 +1216,7 @@ namespace Ioex {
       }
       else {
         block_name = Ioex::get_entity_name(get_file_pointer(), entity_type, id, basename,
-                                           maximumNameLength, db_has_name);
+                                           maximumNameLength, lowerCaseDatabaseNames, db_has_name);
       }
       if (get_use_generic_canonical_name()) {
         std::swap(block_name, alias);
@@ -1534,8 +1534,9 @@ namespace Ioex {
             side_set_name = alias;
           }
           else {
-            side_set_name = Ioex::get_entity_name(get_file_pointer(), EX_SIDE_SET, id, "surface",
-                                                  maximumNameLength, db_has_name);
+            side_set_name =
+                Ioex::get_entity_name(get_file_pointer(), EX_SIDE_SET, id, "surface",
+                                      maximumNameLength, lowerCaseDatabaseNames, db_has_name);
           }
 
           if (side_set_name == "universal_sideset") {
@@ -1897,7 +1898,7 @@ namespace Ioex {
       }
       else {
         Xset_name = Ioex::get_entity_name(get_file_pointer(), type, id, base + "list",
-                                          maximumNameLength, db_has_name);
+                                          maximumNameLength, lowerCaseDatabaseNames, db_has_name);
       }
 
       if (get_use_generic_canonical_name()) {
diff --git a/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/exodus/Ioex_Utils.C b/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/exodus/Ioex_Utils.C
index c86fd7f29b..1d4b4666b1 100644
--- a/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/exodus/Ioex_Utils.C
+++ b/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/exodus/Ioex_Utils.C
@@ -658,7 +658,8 @@ namespace Ioex {
   }
 
   std::string get_entity_name(int exoid, ex_entity_type type, int64_t id,
-                              const std::string &basename, int length, bool &db_has_name)
+                              const std::string &basename, int length, bool lower_case_names,
+                              bool &db_has_name)
   {
     std::vector<char> buffer(length + 1);
     buffer[0] = '\0';
@@ -667,16 +668,18 @@ namespace Ioex {
       exodus_error(exoid, __LINE__, __func__, __FILE__);
     }
     if (buffer[0] != '\0') {
-      Ioss::Utils::fixup_name(Data(buffer));
+      std::string name{Data(buffer)};
+      if (lower_case_names) {
+        Ioss::Utils::fixup_name(name);
+      }
       // Filter out names of the form "basename_id" if the name
       // id doesn't match the id in the name...
-      size_t base_size = basename.size();
-      if (std::strncmp(basename.c_str(), Data(buffer), base_size) == 0) {
-        int64_t name_id = extract_id(Data(buffer));
+      if (Ioss::Utils::substr_equal(basename, name)) {
+        int64_t name_id = extract_id(name);
 
         // See if name is truly of form "basename_name_id" (e.g. "surface_{id}")
         std::string tmp_name = Ioss::Utils::encode_entity_name(basename, name_id);
-        if (tmp_name == Data(buffer)) {
+        if (tmp_name == name) {
           if (name_id > 0) {
             db_has_name = false;
             if (name_id != id) {
@@ -686,7 +689,7 @@ namespace Ioex {
                          "embedded id {}.\n"
                          "         This can cause issues later; the entity will be renamed to '{}' "
                          "(IOSS)\n\n",
-                         Data(buffer), id, name_id, new_name);
+                         name, id, name_id, new_name);
               return new_name;
             }
             return tmp_name;
@@ -694,7 +697,7 @@ namespace Ioex {
         }
       }
       db_has_name = true;
-      return {Data(buffer)};
+      return name;
     }
     db_has_name = false;
     return Ioss::Utils::encode_entity_name(basename, id);
diff --git a/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/exodus/Ioex_Utils.h b/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/exodus/Ioex_Utils.h
index ead92b6853..c9ab6d34c5 100644
--- a/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/exodus/Ioex_Utils.h
+++ b/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/exodus/Ioex_Utils.h
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ namespace Ioex {
 
   IOSS_NODISCARD IOEX_EXPORT std::string get_entity_name(int exoid, ex_entity_type type, int64_t id,
                                                          const std::string &basename, int length,
-                                                         bool &db_has_name);
+                                                         bool lower_case_names, bool &db_has_name);
 
   IOEX_EXPORT bool filter_node_list(Ioss::Int64Vector                &nodes,
                                     const std::vector<unsigned char> &node_connectivity_status);
diff --git a/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/main/io_info.C b/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/main/io_info.C
index c27cffee9a..eaf55042f8 100644
--- a/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/main/io_info.C
+++ b/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/main/io_info.C
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <tokenize.h>
 
-#define FMT_DEPRECATED_OSTREAM
 #include <cstddef>
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <fmt/format.h>
@@ -667,6 +666,9 @@ namespace Ioss {
       dbi->set_use_generic_canonical_name(true);
     }
 
+    dbi->set_lower_case_variable_names(false);
+    dbi->set_lower_case_database_names(false);
+
     if (interFace.surface_split_scheme() != Ioss::SPLIT_INVALID) {
       dbi->set_surface_split_type(Ioss::int_to_surface_split(interFace.surface_split_scheme()));
     }
diff --git a/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/main/io_info_main.C b/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/main/io_info_main.C
index 0f79fa3146..6511fe494d 100644
--- a/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/main/io_info_main.C
+++ b/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/main/io_info_main.C
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 namespace {
   std::string codename;
-  std::string version = "1.07 (2024/11/08)";
+  std::string version = "1.08 (2025/04/18)";
 
 #ifdef SEACAS_HAVE_MPI
   void mpi_finalize()
diff --git a/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/main/io_modify.C b/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/main/io_modify.C
index 9cbde66776..f09d1254bf 100644
--- a/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/main/io_modify.C
+++ b/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/main/io_modify.C
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright(C) 1999-2024 National Technology & Engineering Solutions
+// Copyright(C) 1999-2025 National Technology & Engineering Solutions
 // of Sandia, LLC (NTESS).  Under the terms of Contract DE-NA0003525 with
 // NTESS, the U.S. Government retains certain rights in this software.
 //
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ using real = double;
 
 namespace {
   std::string codename;
-  std::string version = "2.07 (2024-04-15)";
+  std::string version = "2.08 (2025-04-18)";
 
   std::vector<Ioss::GroupingEntity *> attributes_modified;
 
@@ -524,6 +524,7 @@ namespace {
     if (dbi == nullptr || !dbi->ok(true)) {
       std::exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
+    dbi->set_lower_case_database_names(false);
   }
 
   void handle_help(const std::string &topic)
diff --git a/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/main/io_shell.C b/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/main/io_shell.C
index dee651e1b7..a4fbcba48f 100644
--- a/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/main/io_shell.C
+++ b/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/main/io_shell.C
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 
 namespace {
   std::string codename;
-  std::string version = "7.0 (2024/11/08)";
+  std::string version = "7.1 (2025/04/18)";
 
   bool mem_stats = false;
 
@@ -274,6 +274,8 @@ namespace {
       if (!interFace.lower_case_variable_names) {
         dbi->set_lower_case_variable_names(false);
       }
+      dbi->set_lower_case_database_names(interFace.lower_case_database_names);
+
       if (interFace.outFiletype == "cgns") {
         // CGNS stores BCs (SideSets) on the zones which
         // correspond to element blocks.  If split input sideblocks
@@ -567,6 +569,8 @@ namespace {
     if (!interFace.lower_case_variable_names) {
       dbi1->set_lower_case_variable_names(false);
     }
+    dbi1->set_lower_case_database_names(interFace.lower_case_database_names);
+
     if (interFace.outFiletype == "cgns") {
       // CGNS stores BCs (SideSets) on the zones which
       // correspond to element blocks.  If split input sideblocks
@@ -618,6 +622,8 @@ namespace {
     if (!interFace.lower_case_variable_names) {
       dbi2->set_lower_case_variable_names(false);
     }
+    dbi2->set_lower_case_database_names(interFace.lower_case_database_names);
+
     if (interFace.outFiletype == "cgns") {
       // CGNS stores BCs (SideSets) on the zones which
       // correspond to element blocks.  If split input sideblocks
diff --git a/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/main/shell_interface.C b/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/main/shell_interface.C
index b7aea1246c..9f7d83447b 100644
--- a/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/main/shell_interface.C
+++ b/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/main/shell_interface.C
@@ -331,6 +331,12 @@ void IOShell::Interface::enroll_options()
                   "\t\tVariable names are left as they appear in the input mesh file",
                   nullptr);
 
+  options_.enroll(
+      "lower_case_database_names", Ioss::GetLongOption::OptType::NoValue,
+      "Lowercase all block/set/assembly names and replace spaces with underscores.\n"
+      "\t\tBy default, block/set/assembly names are left as they appear in the input mesh file",
+      nullptr);
+
   options_.enroll("retain_empty_blocks", Ioss::GetLongOption::OptType::NoValue,
                   "If any empty element blocks on input file, keep them and write to output file.\n"
                   "\t\tDefault is to ignore empty blocks.",
@@ -666,6 +672,7 @@ bool IOShell::Interface::parse_options(int argc, char **argv, int my_processor)
   in_memory_write           = (options_.retrieve("memory_write") != nullptr);
   delete_timesteps          = (options_.retrieve("delete_timesteps") != nullptr);
   lower_case_variable_names = (options_.retrieve("native_variable_names") == nullptr);
+  lower_case_database_names = (options_.retrieve("lower_case_database_names") != nullptr);
   disable_field_recognition = (options_.retrieve("disable_field_recognition") != nullptr);
   retain_empty_blocks       = (options_.retrieve("retain_empty_blocks") != nullptr);
   boundary_sideset          = (options_.retrieve("boundary_sideset") != nullptr);
diff --git a/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/main/shell_interface.h b/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/main/shell_interface.h
index 6b781b0d3c..65d42ad8b8 100644
--- a/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/main/shell_interface.h
+++ b/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/main/shell_interface.h
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ namespace IOShell {
     bool quiet{false};
     bool in_memory_read{false};
     bool in_memory_write{false};
-    bool lower_case_variable_names{true};
+    bool lower_case_variable_names{false};
+    bool lower_case_database_names{false};
     bool delete_timesteps{false};
     bool minimize_open_files{false};
     bool disable_field_recognition{false};
diff --git a/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/main/skinner.C b/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/main/skinner.C
index f2b968e722..e7cd6dbe22 100644
--- a/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/main/skinner.C
+++ b/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/main/skinner.C
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 namespace {
   template <typename INT> void skinner(Skinner::Interface &interFace, INT /*dummy*/);
   std::string                  codename;
-  std::string                  version = "1.02";
+  std::string                  version = "1.03 (2025-04-18)";
 
   void transfer_field_data(Ioss::GroupingEntity *ige, Ioss::GroupingEntity *oge,
                            Ioss::Field::RoleType role, const Ioss::IntVector &ref_nodes);
@@ -207,6 +207,8 @@ namespace {
       dbi->set_int_byte_size_api(Ioss::USE_INT64_API);
     }
 
+    dbi->set_lower_case_database_names(false);
+
     // NOTE: 'region' owns 'db' pointer at this time...
     Ioss::Region region(dbi, "region_1");
     int          my_rank = region.get_database()->util().parallel_rank();
diff --git a/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/main/struc_to_unstruc.C b/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/main/struc_to_unstruc.C
index 9cffb761d3..2097712025 100644
--- a/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/main/struc_to_unstruc.C
+++ b/packages/seacas/libraries/ioss/src/main/struc_to_unstruc.C
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright(C) 1999-2023 National Technology & Engineering Solutions
+// Copyright(C) 1999-2023, 2025 National Technology & Engineering Solutions
 // of Sandia, LLC (NTESS).  Under the terms of Contract DE-NA0003525 with
 // NTESS, the U.S. Government retains certain rights in this software.
 //
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ namespace {
 
 namespace {
   std::string codename;
-  std::string version = "5.01";
+  std::string version = "5.02 (2025-04-18)";
 } // namespace
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ namespace {
       std::exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 
+    dbi->set_lower_case_database_names(false);
+
     // NOTE: 'region' owns 'db' pointer at this time...
     Ioss::Region region(dbi, "region_1");