diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-files.yml b/.github/workflows/release-files.yml
index c98d9b3b543..49738a4aaca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-files.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-files.yml
@@ -148,6 +148,20 @@ jobs:
               name: abi-reports
               path: ${{ github.workspace }}
 
+      - name: Get published nonversioned source (tgz)
+        if: ${{ (inputs.use_environ == 'release') }}
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@65a9edc5881444af0b9093a5e628f2fe47ea3b2e # v4.1.7
+        with:
+              name: tgz-tarball-nover
+              path: ${{ github.workspace }}
+
+      - name: Get published nonversioned source (zip)
+        if: ${{ (inputs.use_environ == 'release') }}
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@65a9edc5881444af0b9093a5e628f2fe47ea3b2e # v4.1.7
+        with:
+              name: zip-tarball-nover
+              path: ${{ github.workspace }}
+
       - name: Create sha256 sums for files
         run: |
           sha256sum ${{ steps.get-file-base.outputs.FILE_BASE }}.doxygen.zip > ${{ steps.get-file-base.outputs.FILE_BASE }}.sha256sums.txt
@@ -163,6 +177,11 @@ jobs:
           sha256sum ${{ steps.get-file-base.outputs.FILE_BASE }}-win-vs2022_intel.zip >> ${{ steps.get-file-base.outputs.FILE_BASE }}.sha256sums.txt
           sha256sum ${{ steps.get-file-base.outputs.FILE_BASE }}.html.abi.reports.tar.gz >> ${{ steps.get-file-base.outputs.FILE_BASE }}.sha256sums.txt
 
+      - name: Create sha256 sums for files  for nonversioned files
+        run: |
+          sha256sum hdf5.zip >> ${{ steps.get-file-base.outputs.FILE_BASE }}.sha256sums.txt
+          sha256sum hdf5.tar.gz >> ${{ steps.get-file-base.outputs.FILE_BASE }}.sha256sums.txt
+
       - name: Store snapshot name
         run: |
           echo "${{ steps.get-file-base.outputs.FILE_BASE }}" > ./last-file.txt
@@ -214,6 +233,8 @@ jobs:
               ${{ steps.get-file-base.outputs.FILE_BASE }}.doxygen.zip
               ${{ steps.get-file-base.outputs.FILE_BASE }}.tar.gz
               ${{ steps.get-file-base.outputs.FILE_BASE }}.zip
+              hdf5.tar.gz
+              hdf5.zip
               ${{ steps.get-file-base.outputs.FILE_BASE }}-osx.tar.gz
               ${{ steps.get-file-base.outputs.FILE_BASE }}-ubuntu-2204_gcc.tar.gz
               ${{ steps.get-file-base.outputs.FILE_BASE }}-ubuntu-2204_gcc.deb.tar.gz
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tarball.yml b/.github/workflows/tarball.yml
index 018f46ceae0..26679160290 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tarball.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tarball.yml
@@ -144,6 +144,14 @@ jobs:
           mv hdf5-${{ steps.version.outputs.SOURCE_TAG }}.zip ${{ inputs.use_tag }}.zip
         shell: bash
 
+      - name: Copy the release file source to a non-versioned file name
+        id: cp-to-non-versioned
+        if: ${{ (inputs.use_environ == 'release') }}
+        run: |
+          cp ${{ inputs.use_tag }}.tar.gz hdf5.tar.gz
+          cp ${{ inputs.use_tag }}.zip hdf5.zip
+        shell: bash
+
       - name: List files in the repository
         run: |
               ls -l ${{ github.workspace }}
@@ -164,6 +172,22 @@ jobs:
               path: ${{ steps.set-file-base.outputs.FILE_BASE }}.zip
               if-no-files-found: error # 'warn' or 'ignore' are also available, defaults to `warn`
 
+      - name: Save tgz-tarball-nover
+        if: ${{ (inputs.use_environ == 'release') }}
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+              name: tgz-tarball-nover
+              path: hdf5.tar.gz
+              if-no-files-found: error # 'warn' or 'ignore' are also available, defaults to `warn`
+
+      - name: Save zip-tarball-nover
+        if: ${{ (inputs.use_environ == 'release') }}
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+              name: zip-tarball-nover
+              path: hdf5.zip
+              if-no-files-found: error # 'warn' or 'ignore' are also available, defaults to `warn`
+
       - name: Save NEWSLETTER
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with: