diff --git a/.secrets.baseline b/.secrets.baseline
index 960b2172..e8f28ecc 100644
--- a/.secrets.baseline
+++ b/.secrets.baseline
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     "files": "package-lock.json|test/fixtures|^.secrets.baseline$",
     "lines": null
   },
-  "generated_at": "2024-01-11T17:39:14Z",
+  "generated_at": "2024-01-25T12:14:13Z",
   "plugins_used": [
     {
       "name": "AWSKeyDetector"
@@ -95,12 +95,30 @@
         "verified_result": null
       }
     ],
+    "examples/README.md": [
+      {
+        "hashed_secret": "43bce7a87dd0e4b8c09b44173613bc95ba77d714",
+        "is_secret": false,
+        "is_verified": false,
+        "line_number": 41,
+        "type": "Secret Keyword",
+        "verified_result": null
+      },
+      {
+        "hashed_secret": "745d0b2380e21353d526db47a87158f2065563ee",
+        "is_secret": false,
+        "is_verified": false,
+        "line_number": 72,
+        "type": "Basic Auth Credentials",
+        "verified_result": null
+      }
+    ],
     "examples/s3-backup-file.js": [
       {
         "hashed_secret": "9d4e1e23bd5b727046a9e3b4b7db57bd8d6ee684",
         "is_secret": false,
         "is_verified": false,
-        "line_number": 39,
+        "line_number": 41,
         "type": "Basic Auth Credentials",
         "verified_result": null
       }
@@ -110,7 +128,7 @@
         "hashed_secret": "9d4e1e23bd5b727046a9e3b4b7db57bd8d6ee684",
         "is_secret": false,
         "is_verified": false,
-        "line_number": 37,
+        "line_number": 38,
         "type": "Basic Auth Credentials",
         "verified_result": null
       }
diff --git a/examples/README.md b/examples/README.md
index a078b4cf..774383e3 100644
--- a/examples/README.md
+++ b/examples/README.md
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 # CouchBackup Examples
 
-This folder contains Node.js scripts which use the `couchbackup` library.
+This folder contains example Node.js scripts which use the `couchbackup` library.
 
-Use `npm install ../; npm install` in this folder to install the script
-dependencies. This uses the checked out copy of couchbackup to ensure
-everything is in sync.
-
-Run a script without arguments to receive help.
+These scripts are for inspiration and demonstration.
+They are not a supported part of couchbackup and should not be considered production ready.
 
 ## Current examples
 
@@ -17,3 +14,72 @@ Run a script without arguments to receive help.
 2. `s3-backup-stream.js` -- backup a database to an S3-API compatible store
     by streaming the backup data directly from CouchDB or Cloudant into
     an object.
+
+#### Prerequisites
+
+##### Install the dependencies
+
+Use `npm install` in this folder to install the script
+dependencies.
+Note: this uses the latest release of couchbackup, not the
+checked out out version.
+
+##### AWS SDK configuration
+
+The scripts expect AWS ini files:
+* shared credentials file `~/.aws/credentials` or target file from `AWS_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE` environment variable
+* shared configuration file `~/.aws/config` or taret file from `AWS_CONFIG_FILE` environment variable
+
+###### IBM COS
+
+When using IBM Cloud Object Storage create a service credential with the `Include HMAC Credential` option enabled.
+The `access_key_id` and `secret_access_key` from the `cos_hmac_keys` entry in the generated credential are
+the ones required to make an AWS credentials file e.g.
+```ini
+[default]
+aws_access_key_id=paste access_key_id here
+aws_secret_access_key=paste secret_access_key here
+```
+
+Run the scripts with the `--s3url` option pointing to your COS instance s3 endpoint.
+The AWS SDK requires a region to initialize so ensure the config file has one named e.g.
+```ini
+[default]
+region=eu-west-2
+```
+
+#### Usage
+
+Run a script without arguments to receive help e.g.
+
+`node s3-backup-file.js`
+
+The source database and destination bucket are required options.
+The minimum needed to run the scripts are thus:
+
+`node s3-backup-stream.js -s 'https://dbser:dbpass@host.example/exampledb' -b 'examplebucket'`
+
+The object created in the bucket for the backup file will be
+named according to a prefix (default `couchbackup`), DB name and timestamp e.g.
+
+`couchbackup-exampledb-2024-01-25T09:45:11.730Z`
+
+#### Progress and debug
+
+To see detailed progress of the backup and upload or additional debug information
+use the `DEBUG` environment variable with label `s3-backup` e.g.
+
+`DEBUG='s3-backup' node s3-backup-stream.js -s 'https://dbser:dbpass@host.example/exampledb' -b 'couchbackup' --s3url 'https://s3.eu-gb.cloud-object-storage.appdomain.cloud'`
+
+```
+  s3-backup Creating a new backup of https://host.example/exampledb at couchbackup/couchbackup-exampledb-2024-01-25T09:45:11.730Z... +0ms
+  s3-backup Setting up S3 upload to couchbackup/couchbackup-exampledb-2024-01-25T09:45:11.730Z +686ms
+  s3-backup Starting streaming data from https://host.example/exampledb +2ms
+  s3-backup Couchbackup changes batch:  0 +136ms
+  s3-backup Fetched batch: 0 Total document revisions written: 15 Time: 0.067 +34ms
+  s3-backup couchbackup download from https://host.example/exampledb complete; backed up 15 +2ms
+  s3-backup S3 upload progress: {"loaded":6879,"total":6879,"part":1,"Key":"couchbackup-exampledb-2024-01-25T09:45:11.730Z","Bucket":"couchbackup"} +623ms
+  s3-backup S3 upload done +1ms
+  s3-backup Upload succeeded +0ms
+  s3-backup done. +0ms
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/package.json b/examples/package.json
index 5e36a6a6..25fbb1dc 100644
--- a/examples/package.json
+++ b/examples/package.json
@@ -1,31 +1,15 @@
 {
   "name": "couchbackup-examples",
-  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "version": "0.0.2",
   "description": "Examples of using CouchBackup as a library",
   "dependencies": {
-    "aws-sdk": "^2.39.0",
-    "tmp": "^0.0.31",
-    "verror": "^1.10.0",
-    "yargs": "^7.0.2"
+    "@cloudant/couchbackup": "^2.9.16",
+    "@aws-sdk/client-s3": "^3.499.0",
+    "@aws-sdk/credential-providers": "^3.499.0",
+    "@aws-sdk/lib-storage": "^3.499.0",
+    "verror": "^1.10.1",
+    "yargs": "^17.7.2"
   },
-  "devDependencies": {
-    "eslint": "^6.5.1",
-    "eslint-plugin-standard": "^3.0.1",
-    "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.2.0",
-    "eslint-plugin-node": "^4.2.2",
-    "eslint-plugin-promise": "^3.5.0",
-    "eslint-plugin-react": "^7.0.0",
-    "eslint-config-standard": "^10.2.1",
-    "eslint-config-semistandard": "^11.0.0",
-    "jsdoc": "^3.4.3",
-    "mocha": "^3.2.0",
-    "cloudant": "^1.7.1",
-    "uuid": "^3.0.1"
-  },
-  "scripts": {
-    "test": "eslint --ignore-path .gitignore . && mocha"
-  },
-  "author": "",
   "license": "Apache-2.0"
 }
 
diff --git a/examples/s3-backup-file.js b/examples/s3-backup-file.js
index 3614e81b..9e1090c7 100644
--- a/examples/s3-backup-file.js
+++ b/examples/s3-backup-file.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright © 2017, 2018 IBM Corp. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright © 2017, 2024 IBM Corp. All rights reserved.
 //
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -20,14 +20,16 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-const stream = require('stream');
-const fs = require('fs');
-const url = require('url');
+const { createReadStream, createWriteStream, mkdtempSync } = require('node:fs');
+const { tmpdir } = require('node:os');
+const { join } = require('node:path');
+const url = require('node:url');
 
-const AWS = require('aws-sdk');
-const couchbackup = require('@cloudant/couchbackup');
+const { backup } = require('@cloudant/couchbackup');
+const { fromIni } = require('@aws-sdk/credential-providers');
+const { Upload } = require('@aws-sdk/lib-storage');
+const { HeadBucketCommand, S3Client } = require('@aws-sdk/client-s3');
 const debug = require('debug')('s3-backup');
-const tmp = require('tmp');
 const VError = require('verror').VError;
 
 /*
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ function main() {
       awsprofile: { nargs: 1, describe: 'The profile section to use in the ~/.aws/credentials file', default: 'default' }
     })
     .help('h').alias('h', 'help')
-    .epilog('Copyright (C) IBM 2017')
+    .epilog('Copyright (C) IBM 2017, 2024')
     .argv;
 
   const sourceUrl = argv.source;
@@ -53,8 +55,10 @@ function main() {
   const backupName = new url.URL(sourceUrl).pathname.split('/').filter(function(x) { return x; }).join('-');
   const backupKeyPrefix = `${argv.prefix}-${backupName}`;
 
-  const backupKey = `${backupKeyPrefix}-${new Date().toISOString()}`;
-  const backupTmpFile = tmp.fileSync();
+  const backupDate = Date.now();
+  const isoDate = new Date(backupDate).toISOString();
+  const backupKey = `${backupKeyPrefix}-${isoDate}`;
+  const backupTmpFile = join(mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), 'couchbackup-s3-backup-')), `${backupDate}`);
 
   const s3Endpoint = argv.s3url;
   const awsProfile = argv.awsprofile;
@@ -62,25 +66,23 @@ function main() {
   // Creds are from ~/.aws/credentials, environment etc. (see S3 docs).
   const awsOpts = {
     signatureVersion: 'v4',
-    credentials: new AWS.SharedIniFileCredentials({ profile: awsProfile })
+    credentials: fromIni({ profile: awsProfile })
   };
   if (typeof s3Endpoint !== 'undefined') {
-    awsOpts.endpoint = new AWS.Endpoint(s3Endpoint);
+    awsOpts.endpoint = s3Endpoint;
   }
-  const s3 = new AWS.S3(awsOpts);
+  const s3 = new S3Client(awsOpts);
 
   debug(`Creating a new backup of ${s(sourceUrl)} at ${backupBucket}/${backupKey}...`);
   bucketAccessible(s3, backupBucket)
     .then(() => {
-      return createBackupFile(sourceUrl, backupTmpFile.name);
+      return createBackupFile(sourceUrl, backupTmpFile);
     })
     .then(() => {
-      return uploadNewBackup(s3, backupTmpFile.name, backupBucket, backupKey);
+      return uploadNewBackup(s3, backupTmpFile, backupBucket, backupKey);
     })
     .then(() => {
       debug('Backup successful!');
-      backupTmpFile.removeCallback();
-      debug('done.');
     })
     .catch((reason) => {
       debug(`Error: ${reason}`);
@@ -96,18 +98,9 @@ function main() {
  * @returns Promise
  */
 function bucketAccessible(s3, bucketName) {
-  return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
-    const params = {
-      Bucket: bucketName
-    };
-    s3.headBucket(params, function(err, data) {
-      if (err) {
-        reject(new VError(err, 'S3 bucket not accessible'));
-      } else {
-        resolve();
-      }
-    });
-  });
+  return s3.send(new HeadBucketCommand({
+    Bucket: bucketName
+  })).catch(e => { throw new VError(e, 'S3 bucket not accessible'); });
 }
 
 /**
@@ -119,18 +112,27 @@ function bucketAccessible(s3, bucketName) {
  */
 function createBackupFile(sourceUrl, backupTmpFilePath) {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    couchbackup.backup(
+    backup(
       sourceUrl,
-      fs.createWriteStream(backupTmpFilePath),
-      (err) => {
+      createWriteStream(backupTmpFilePath),
+      (err, done) => {
         if (err) {
-          return reject(new VError(err, 'CouchBackup process failed'));
+          reject(err);
+        } else {
+          resolve(done);
         }
-        debug('couchbackup to file done; uploading to S3');
-        resolve('creating backup file complete');
       }
-    );
-  });
+    )
+      .on('changes', batch => debug('Couchbackup changes batch: ', batch))
+      .on('written', progress => debug('Fetched batch:', progress.batch, 'Total document revisions written:', progress.total, 'Time:', progress.time));
+  })
+    .then((done) => {
+      debug(`couchbackup to file done; backed up ${done.total}`);
+      debug('Ready to upload to S3');
+    })
+    .catch((err) => {
+      throw new VError(err, 'CouchBackup process failed');
+    });
 }
 
 /**
@@ -143,38 +145,37 @@ function createBackupFile(sourceUrl, backupTmpFilePath) {
  * @returns Promise
  */
 function uploadNewBackup(s3, backupTmpFilePath, bucket, key) {
-  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    debug(`Uploading from ${backupTmpFilePath} to ${bucket}/${key}`);
-
-    function uploadFromStream(s3, bucket, key) {
-      const pass = new stream.PassThrough();
-
-      const params = {
+  debug(`Uploading from ${backupTmpFilePath} to ${bucket}/${key}`);
+  const inputStream = createReadStream(backupTmpFilePath);
+  try {
+    const upload = new Upload({
+      client: s3,
+      params: {
         Bucket: bucket,
         Key: key,
-        Body: pass
-      };
-      s3.upload(params, function(err, data) {
-        debug('S3 upload done');
-        if (err) {
-          debug(err);
-          reject(new VError(err, 'Upload failed'));
-          return;
-        }
+        Body: inputStream
+      },
+      queueSize: 5, // match the default couchbackup concurrency
+      partSize: 1024 * 1024 * 64 // 64 MB part size
+    });
+    upload.on('httpUploadProgress', (progress) => {
+      debug(`S3 upload progress: ${JSON.stringify(progress)}`);
+    });
+    // Return a promise for the completed or aborted upload
+    return upload.done().finally(() => {
+      debug('S3 upload done');
+    })
+      .then(() => {
         debug('Upload succeeded');
-        debug(data);
-        resolve();
-      }).httpUploadProgress = (progress) => {
-        debug(`S3 upload progress: ${progress}`);
-      };
-
-      return pass;
-    }
-
-    const inputStream = fs.createReadStream(backupTmpFilePath);
-    const s3Stream = uploadFromStream(s3, bucket, key);
-    inputStream.pipe(s3Stream);
-  });
+      })
+      .catch(err => {
+        debug(err);
+        throw new VError(err, 'Upload failed');
+      });
+  } catch (err) {
+    debug(err);
+    return Promise.reject(new VError(err, 'Upload could not start'));
+  }
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/examples/s3-backup-stream.js b/examples/s3-backup-stream.js
index 7280353a..239eda1b 100644
--- a/examples/s3-backup-stream.js
+++ b/examples/s3-backup-stream.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright © 2017, 2018 IBM Corp. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright © 2017, 2024 IBM Corp. All rights reserved.
 //
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -19,12 +19,13 @@
 // part of the database URL and the current time.
 
 'use strict';
+const { PassThrough } = require('node:stream');
+const url = require('node:url');
 
-const stream = require('stream');
-const url = require('url');
-
-const AWS = require('aws-sdk');
-const couchbackup = require('@cloudant/couchbackup');
+const { backup } = require('@cloudant/couchbackup');
+const { fromIni } = require('@aws-sdk/credential-providers');
+const { HeadBucketCommand, S3Client } = require('@aws-sdk/client-s3');
+const { Upload } = require('@aws-sdk/lib-storage');
 const debug = require('debug')('s3-backup');
 const VError = require('verror').VError;
 
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ function main() {
       awsprofile: { nargs: 1, describe: 'The profile section to use in the ~/.aws/credentials file', default: 'default' }
     })
     .help('h').alias('h', 'help')
-    .epilog('Copyright (C) IBM 2017')
+    .epilog('Copyright (C) IBM 2017, 2024')
     .argv;
 
   const sourceUrl = argv.source;
@@ -60,12 +61,12 @@ function main() {
   // Creds are from ~/.aws/credentials, environment etc. (see S3 docs).
   const awsOpts = {
     signatureVersion: 'v4',
-    credentials: new AWS.SharedIniFileCredentials({ profile: awsProfile })
+    credentials: fromIni({ profile: awsProfile })
   };
   if (typeof s3Endpoint !== 'undefined') {
-    awsOpts.endpoint = new AWS.Endpoint(s3Endpoint);
+    awsOpts.endpoint = s3Endpoint;
   }
-  const s3 = new AWS.S3(awsOpts);
+  const s3 = new S3Client(awsOpts);
 
   debug(`Creating a new backup of ${s(sourceUrl)} at ${backupBucket}/${backupKey}...`);
   bucketAccessible(s3, backupBucket)
@@ -90,18 +91,9 @@ function main() {
  * @returns Promise
  */
 function bucketAccessible(s3, bucketName) {
-  return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
-    const params = {
-      Bucket: bucketName
-    };
-    s3.headBucket(params, function(err, data) {
-      if (err) {
-        reject(new VError(err, 'S3 bucket not accessible'));
-      } else {
-        resolve();
-      }
-    });
-  });
+  return s3.send(new HeadBucketCommand({
+    Bucket: bucketName
+  })).catch(e => { throw new VError(e, 'S3 bucket not accessible'); });
 }
 
 /**
@@ -115,51 +107,72 @@ function bucketAccessible(s3, bucketName) {
  * @returns Promise
  */
 function backupToS3(sourceUrl, s3Client, s3Bucket, s3Key, shallow) {
-  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    debug(`Setting up S3 upload to ${s3Bucket}/${s3Key}`);
-
-    // A pass through stream that has couchbackup's output
-    // written to it and it then read by the S3 upload client.
-    // It has a 64MB highwater mark to allow for fairly
-    // uneven network connectivity.
-    const streamToUpload = new stream.PassThrough({ highWaterMark: 67108864 });
-
-    // Set up S3 upload.
-    const params = {
-      Bucket: s3Bucket,
-      Key: s3Key,
-      Body: streamToUpload
-    };
-    s3Client.upload(params, function(err, data) {
-      debug('Object store upload done');
-      if (err) {
+  debug(`Setting up S3 upload to ${s3Bucket}/${s3Key}`);
+
+  // A pass through stream that has couchbackup's output
+  // written to it and it then read by the S3 upload client.
+  // No highWaterMark as we don't want to double-buffer, just connect two streams
+  const streamToUpload = new PassThrough({ highWaterMark: 0 });
+
+  // Set up S3 upload.
+  let s3Promise;
+  try {
+    const upload = new Upload({
+      client: s3Client,
+      params: {
+        Bucket: s3Bucket,
+        Key: s3Key,
+        Body: streamToUpload
+      },
+      queueSize: 1, // match the default couchbackup concurrency
+      partSize: 1024 * 1024 * 64 // 64 MB part size
+    });
+    upload.on('httpUploadProgress', (progress) => {
+      debug(`S3 upload progress: ${JSON.stringify(progress)}`);
+    });
+    // Return the promise for the completed upload
+    s3Promise = upload.done().finally(() => {
+      debug('S3 upload done');
+    })
+      .then(() => {
+        debug('Upload succeeded');
+      })
+      .catch(err => {
         debug(err);
-        reject(new VError(err, 'Object store upload failed'));
-        return;
-      }
-      debug('Object store upload succeeded');
-      debug(data);
-      resolve();
-    }).httpUploadProgress = (progress) => {
-      debug(`Object store upload progress: ${progress}`);
-    };
-
-    debug(`Starting streaming data from ${s(sourceUrl)}`);
-    couchbackup.backup(
+        throw new VError(err, 'Upload failed');
+      });
+  } catch (err) {
+    debug(err);
+    s3Promise = Promise.reject(new VError(err, 'Upload could not start'));
+  }
+
+  debug(`Starting streaming data from ${s(sourceUrl)}`);
+
+  const backupPromise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    backup(
       sourceUrl,
       streamToUpload,
-      (err, obj) => {
+      shallow ? { mode: 'shallow' } : {},
+      (err, done) => {
         if (err) {
-          debug(err);
-          reject(new VError(err, 'CouchBackup failed with an error'));
-          return;
+          reject(err);
+        } else {
+          resolve(done);
         }
-        debug(`Download from ${s(sourceUrl)} complete.`);
-        streamToUpload.end(); // must call end() to complete upload.
-        // resolve() is called by the upload
       }
-    );
-  });
+    )
+      .on('changes', batch => debug('Couchbackup changes batch: ', batch))
+      .on('written', progress => debug('Fetched batch:', progress.batch, 'Total document revisions written:', progress.total, 'Time:', progress.time));
+  })
+    .then((done) => {
+      debug(`couchbackup download from ${s(sourceUrl)} complete; backed up ${done.total}`);
+    })
+    .catch((err) => {
+      debug(err);
+      throw new VError(err, 'couchbackup process failed');
+    });
+
+  return Promise.all([backupPromise, s3Promise]);
 }
 
 /**