diff --git a/HDF5Examples/CMakeUserPresets.json b/HDF5Examples/CMakeUserPresets.json
index 5b479beddb4..a7808d5dfa5 100644
--- a/HDF5Examples/CMakeUserPresets.json
+++ b/HDF5Examples/CMakeUserPresets.json
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
       "name": "my-HDF5Dev",
       "hidden": true,
       "environment": {
-        "HDF5_ROOT": "${sourceParentDir}/temp/HDF_Group/HDF5/1.15.0",
-        "HDF5_PLUGIN_PATH": "${sourceParentDir}/temp/HDF_Group/HDF5/1.15.0/lib/plugin"
+        "HDF5_ROOT": "${sourceParentDir}/temp/HDF_Group/HDF5/1.14.4",
+        "HDF5_PLUGIN_PATH": "${sourceParentDir}/temp/HDF_Group/HDF5/1.14.4/lib/plugin"
       },
       "cacheVariables": {
-        "HDF5_ROOT": {"type": "STRING", "value": "${sourceParentDir}/temp/HDF_Group/HDF5/1.15.0"},
+        "HDF5_ROOT": {"type": "STRING", "value": "${sourceParentDir}/temp/HDF_Group/HDF5/1.14.4"},
         "HDF_BUILD_FORTRAN": "ON",
         "HDF_BUILD_JAVA": "ON",
         "HDF_BUILD_FILTERS": "ON",
@@ -241,4 +241,4 @@
       ]
     }
   ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/release_docs/INSTALL_Auto.txt b/release_docs/INSTALL_Auto.txt
index 874a0000731..f022154349e 100644
--- a/release_docs/INSTALL_Auto.txt
+++ b/release_docs/INSTALL_Auto.txt
@@ -351,9 +351,7 @@ III. Full installation instructions for source distributions
 
 
    3.11. Backward compatibility
-        The 1.15 version of the HDF5 library can be configured to operate
-        identically to the v1.14 library with the
-            --with-default-api-version=v114
+        The 1.14 version of the HDF5 library can be configured to operate
         identically to the v1.12 library with the
             --with-default-api-version=v112
         configure flag, or identically to the v1.10 library with the
diff --git a/release_docs/INSTALL_CMake.txt b/release_docs/INSTALL_CMake.txt
index 7362e5f3cd3..c041baeb5ee 100644
--- a/release_docs/INSTALL_CMake.txt
+++ b/release_docs/INSTALL_CMake.txt
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ Notes: This short set of instructions is written for users who want to
            cmake -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -A Win32 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Release -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=OFF -DBUILD_TESTING:BOOL=ON -DHDF5_BUILD_TOOLS:BOOL=ON ..\hdf5-1.14."X"
 
          On Windows 64 bit
-           cmake -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -A x64 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Release -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=OFF -DBUILD_TESTING:BOOL=ON -DHDF5_BUILD_TOOLS:BOOL=ON ..\hdf5-1.15."X"
+           cmake -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -A x64 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Release -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=OFF -DBUILD_TESTING:BOOL=ON -DHDF5_BUILD_TOOLS:BOOL=ON ..\hdf5-1.14."X"
 
          On Linux and Mac
            cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Release -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=OFF -DBUILD_TESTING:BOOL=ON -DHDF5_BUILD_TOOLS:BOOL=ON ../hdf5-1.14."X"