diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 69364651f5..3b75945354 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -40,19 +40,19 @@ jobs:
               CMAKE_GENERATOR: "Visual Studio 17 2022"
               CMAKE_GENERATOR_PLATFORM: "Win32"
 
-          - os: macos-13
+          - os: macos-15-intel
             arch: "x86_64"
             env:
-              MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: 11.0
+              MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: 15.0
 
           # Apple Silicon M1/arm64/aarch64 builds:
           #   https://cibuildwheel.readthedocs.io/en/stable/faq/#apple-silicon
           #   https://github.com/pypa/cibuildwheel/pull/704
-          - os: macos-13
+          - os: macos-14
             arch: "arm64"
             env:
               CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES: "arm64"
-              MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: 11.0
+              MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: 14.0
 
           # Apple universal builds that contain x86-64 and arm64 binary code
           #   Needs extra treatment of all librarys that are not CMake
@@ -60,17 +60,17 @@ jobs:
           #   https://developer.apple.com/documentation/apple-silicon/building-a-universal-macos-binary
           # ADIOS1 tricky to build and HDF5 even with CMake as well (as of 1.12)
           # We could build them twice and use `lipo` to combine the lib artifacts.
-          #- os: macos-13
+          #- os: macos-15-intel
           #  arch: "universal2"
           #  env:
           #    CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES: "arm64;x86_64"
-          #    MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: 11.0
+          #    MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET: 14.0
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         path: 'src'
-        ref: '0.16.1'
+        ref: '0.17.0'
 
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
@@ -87,12 +87,12 @@ jobs:
         python -m pip install cibuildwheel==3.2.1
 
     # 0.16.1.post1 bump
-    - name: Download Patch 1/1
-      uses: suisei-cn/actions-download-file@818d6b7dc8fe73f2f924b6241f2b1134ca1377d9  # 1.6.0
-      id: setupversion
-      with:
-        url: "https://github.com/openPMD/openPMD-api/commit/f94a1d48eefbc81784a9c25f61c913cf30fe2ece.patch"
-        target: src/.patch/
+#    - name: Download Patch 1/1
+#      uses: suisei-cn/actions-download-file@818d6b7dc8fe73f2f924b6241f2b1134ca1377d9  # 1.6.0
+#      id: setupversion
+#      with:
+#        url: "https://github.com/openPMD/openPMD-api/commit/f94a1d48eefbc81784a9c25f61c913cf30fe2ece.patch"
+#        target: src/.patch/
 
 #    # Patch: Fix versioning
 #    - name: Download Patch 1/2
@@ -110,10 +110,10 @@ jobs:
 #        url: "https://github.com/openPMD/openPMD-api/pull/1684.patch"
 #        target: src/.patch/
 
-    - name: Apply Patches
-      run: |
-        cd src
-        git apply .patch/f94a1d48eefbc81784a9c25f61c913cf30fe2ece.patch
+#    - name: Apply Patches
+#      run: |
+#        cd src
+#        git apply .patch/f94a1d48eefbc81784a9c25f61c913cf30fe2ece.patch
 
     - name: Build wheel
       env:
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 50b60cdebf..41de0b5a96 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 # See https://pre-commit.com for more information
 
 # See https://pre-commit.com/hooks.html for more hooks
+exclude: ^.*\.patch$
 repos:
 -   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
     rev: v2.4.0
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f32efa93db..49ae65c7f7 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ branches:
 
 env:
   global:
-    - OPENPMD_GIT_REF="0.16.1"
+    - OPENPMD_GIT_REF="0.17.0"
 
     - CIBW_PROJECT_REQUIRES_PYTHON=">=3.10"
     # Install dependencies on Linux and OSX
diff --git a/library_builders.bat b/library_builders.bat
index 35baffd75e..fcec669d0e 100644
--- a/library_builders.bat
+++ b/library_builders.bat
@@ -17,17 +17,19 @@ exit /b 0
 
 :build_adios2
   if exist adios2-stamp exit /b 0
-  curl -sLo adios2-2.10.2.zip ^
-    https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2/archive/v2.10.2.zip
-  powershell Expand-Archive adios2-2.10.2.zip -DestinationPath dep-adios2
+  curl -sLo adios2-2.11.0.zip ^
+    https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2/archive/v2.11.0.zip
+  powershell Expand-Archive adios2-2.11.0.zip -DestinationPath dep-adios2
 
-  curl -sLo dep-adios2/ADIOS2-2.10.2/patch.diff https://github.com/franzpoeschel/ADIOS2/commit/patches-fix-32-bit-builds.patch
+  :: Patch Win32 on ADIOS 2.11.0 https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2/issues/4808
+  curl -sLo dep-adios2/ADIOS2-2.11.0/patch.diff https://github.com/franzpoeschel/ADIOS2/commit/13e9747799e32841b29f166c2bcdfd82ee915f1a.patch
 
   :: Use git-am for applying the patch,
   :: for some reason, python -m patch just silently does nothing.
   :: git-am requires a Git repository to apply a patch, but the release zip
   :: strips away any Git info, so we just quickly initialize a repository.
-  cd dep-adios2/ADIOS2-2.10.2
+
+  cd dep-adios2/ADIOS2-2.11.0
   git init
   git config user.email "tooling@tools.com"
   git config user.name "Tooling"
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ exit /b 0
 
   cmake --version
 
-  cmake -S dep-adios2/ADIOS2-2.10.2 -B build-adios2 ^
+  cmake -S dep-adios2/ADIOS2-2.11.0 -B build-adios2 ^
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release  ^
     -DCMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_LibFFI=TRUE  ^
     -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF     ^
@@ -49,7 +51,7 @@ exit /b 0
     -DADIOS2_Blosc2_PREFER_SHARED=OFF ^
     -DADIOS2_USE_Blosc2=ON      ^
     -DADIOS2_USE_BZip2=OFF      ^
-    -DADIOS2_USE_Campaign=OFF   ^
+    -DADIOS2_USE_Campaign=ON   ^
     -DADIOS2_USE_Fortran=OFF    ^
     -DADIOS2_USE_HDF5=OFF       ^
     -DADIOS2_USE_MHS=OFF        ^
@@ -58,7 +60,8 @@ exit /b 0
     -DADIOS2_USE_Python=OFF     ^
     -DADIOS2_USE_ZeroMQ=OFF     ^
     -DADIOS2_USE_ZFP=ON         ^
-    -DADIOS2_RUN_INSTALL_TEST=OFF
+    -DADIOS2_RUN_INSTALL_TEST=OFF ^
+    -DSQLite3_ROOT=%BUILD_PREFIX%/SQLite3
   if errorlevel 1 exit 1
 :: TODO: Could NOT find HDF5 (missing: HDF5_LIBRARIES C)
 ::  -DADIOS2_USE_HDF5=ON
@@ -160,6 +163,52 @@ exit /b 0
   if errorlevel 1 exit 1
 exit /b 0
 
+:build_sqlite
+  if exist sqlite-stamp exit /b 0
+
+  set SQLITE_VERSION="3510200"
+
+  curl -sLo sqlite-amalgamation-%SQLITE_VERSION%.zip ^
+    https://www.sqlite.org/2026/sqlite-amalgamation-%SQLITE_VERSION%.zip
+  if errorlevel 1 exit 1
+
+  powershell Expand-Archive sqlite-amalgamation-%SQLITE_VERSION%.zip -DestinationPath '.'
+  if errorlevel 1 exit 1
+
+  cd sqlite-amalgamation-%SQLITE_VERSION%
+  if errorlevel 1 exit 1
+
+  REM Create a minimal CMakeLists.txt
+  (
+  echo cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10^)
+  echo project(sqlite3 C^)
+  echo add_library(sqlite3 STATIC sqlite3.c^)
+  echo target_compile_definitions(sqlite3 PRIVATE SQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3 SQLITE_ENABLE_FTS5 SQLITE_ENABLE_RTREE SQLITE_ENABLE_DBSTAT_VTAB SQLITE_ENABLE_RBU SQLITE_ENABLE_SESSION^)
+  echo set_property(TARGET sqlite3 PROPERTY MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY "MultiThreaded$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:Debug>"^)
+  echo install(TARGETS sqlite3 ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib^)
+  echo install(FILES sqlite3.h DESTINATION include^)
+  ) > CMakeLists.txt
+
+  :: build and install
+  cmake -S . -B build ^
+    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=%BUILD_PREFIX%/SQLite3
+  if errorlevel 1 exit 1
+
+  cmake --build build --config Release
+  if errorlevel 1 exit 1
+
+  cmake --install build --config Release
+  if errorlevel 1 exit 1
+
+  :: cleanup
+  cd ..
+  rmdir /s /q sqlite-amalgamation-%SQLITE_VERSION%
+  if errorlevel 1 exit 1
+
+  break > sqlite-stamp
+  if errorlevel 1 exit 1
+exit /b 0
+
 :build_zfp
   if exist zfp-stamp exit /b 0
 
@@ -225,6 +274,7 @@ exit /b 0
 :main
 call :install_buildessentials
 call :build_zlib
+call :build_sqlite
 :: build_bzip2
 :: build_szip
 call :build_zfp
diff --git a/library_builders.sh b/library_builders.sh
index fc65b96864..6f85a1f5ba 100644
--- a/library_builders.sh
+++ b/library_builders.sh
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ BUILD_PREFIX="${BUILD_PREFIX:-/usr/local}"
 if [ "$(uname -s)" = "Darwin" ]
 then
     CPU_COUNT="${CPU_COUNT:-3}"
+    SUDO="sudo"
 else
     CPU_COUNT="${CPU_COUNT:-2}"
+    SUDO=""
 fi
 
 function install_buildessentials {
@@ -75,11 +77,24 @@ function install_buildessentials {
 function build_adios2 {
     if [ -e adios2-stamp ]; then return; fi
 
-    curl -sLo adios2-2.10.2.tar.gz \
-        https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2/archive/v2.10.2.tar.gz
-    file adios2*.tar.gz
-    tar -xzf adios2*.tar.gz
-    rm adios2*.tar.gz
+    # static build of macOS on ADIOS 2.11.0
+    # https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2/issues/4807
+    if [ "$(uname -s)" = "Darwin" ]
+    then
+        git clone https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2 ADIOS2-2.11.0
+        cd ADIOS2-2.11.0
+        git checkout 7a21e4ef2f5def6659e67084b5210a66582d4b1a
+        curl -sLo 4820.diff https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2/pull/4820/commits/c7961dd9e12d72b279db75fd184d2b3b4f151560.diff
+        GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="Greg Eisenhauer" GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL="eisen@cc.gatech.edu" \
+          patch -p1 < 4820.diff
+        cd ..
+    else
+        curl -sLo adios2-2.11.0.tar.gz \
+        https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2/archive/v2.11.0.tar.gz
+        file adios2*.tar.gz
+        tar -xzf adios2*.tar.gz
+        rm adios2*.tar.gz
+    fi
 
     # build
     mkdir build-adios2
@@ -94,7 +109,7 @@ function build_adios2 {
         -DADIOS2_Blosc2_PREFER_SHARED=OFF         \
         -DADIOS2_USE_BZip2=OFF                    \
         -DADIOS2_USE_Blosc2=ON                    \
-        -DADIOS2_USE_Campaign=OFF                 \
+        -DADIOS2_USE_Campaign=ON                  \
         -DADIOS2_USE_Fortran=OFF                  \
         -DADIOS2_USE_HDF5=OFF                     \
         -DADIOS2_USE_MHS=OFF                      \
@@ -112,11 +127,11 @@ function build_adios2 {
         -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${BUILD_PREFIX} ../ADIOS2-*
 
     make -j${CPU_COUNT}
-    make install
+    ${SUDO} make install
 
     # CMake Config package of C-Blosc 2.10.1+ only
     # https://github.com/ornladios/ADIOS2/issues/3903
-    rm -rf ${BUILD_PREFIX}/lib*/cmake/adios2/FindBlosc2.cmake
+    ${SUDO} rm -rf ${BUILD_PREFIX}/lib*/cmake/adios2/FindBlosc2.cmake
 
     cd -
 
@@ -163,7 +178,7 @@ function build_blosc2 {
       "${architecture_specific_flags[@]}"    \
       ../c-blosc2-*
     make -j${CPU_COUNT}
-    make install
+    ${SUDO} make install
     cd -
 
     rm -rf build-blosc2
@@ -171,6 +186,32 @@ function build_blosc2 {
     touch blosc-stamp2
 }
 
+function build_sqlite {
+    if [ -e sqlite-stamp ]; then return; fi
+
+    SQLITE_VERSION="3510200"  # "3.51.2"
+
+    curl -sLO https://www.sqlite.org/2026/sqlite-autoconf-${SQLITE_VERSION}.tar.gz
+    file sqlite-autoconf*.tar.gz
+    tar xzf sqlite-autoconf-${SQLITE_VERSION}.tar.gz
+    rm sqlite-autoconf*.tar.gz
+
+    cd sqlite-autoconf-${SQLITE_VERSION}
+
+    ./configure                 \
+      --disable-shared          \
+      --prefix=${BUILD_PREFIX}  \
+      --all                     \
+      --disable-readline
+    make
+    ${SUDO} make install
+
+    cd -
+    rm -rf sqlite-autoconf*
+
+    touch sqlite-stamp
+}
+
 function build_zfp {
     if [ -e zfp-stamp ]; then return; fi
 
@@ -192,7 +233,7 @@ function build_zfp {
       -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${BUILD_PREFIX} \
       ../zfp-*
     make -j${CPU_COUNT}
-    make install
+    ${SUDO} make install
     cd -
 
     rm -rf build-zfp
@@ -220,8 +261,8 @@ function build_zlib {
       -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${BUILD_PREFIX}
 
     PATH=${CMAKE_BIN}:${PATH} cmake --build build-zlib --parallel ${CPU_COUNT}
-    PATH=${CMAKE_BIN}:${PATH} cmake --build build-zlib --target install
-    rm -rf ${BUILD_PREFIX}/lib/libz.*dylib ${BUILD_PREFIX}/lib/libz.*so
+    PATH=${CMAKE_BIN}:${PATH} ${SUDO} cmake --build build-zlib --target install
+    ${SUDO} rm -rf ${BUILD_PREFIX}/lib/libz.*dylib ${BUILD_PREFIX}/lib/libz.*so
 
     rm -rf build-zlib
 
@@ -292,7 +333,7 @@ function build_hdf5 {
     fi
 
     make -j${CPU_COUNT}
-    make install
+    ${SUDO} make install
     cd ..
 
     touch hdf5-stamp
@@ -314,6 +355,7 @@ fi
 
 install_buildessentials
 build_zlib
+build_sqlite
 build_zfp
 build_blosc2
 build_hdf5