diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a1ae1260645..9aeea60a36f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,11 +23,13 @@
 - PR #5309 Handle host frames in serialization
 - PR #5312 Test serializing `Series` after `slice`
 - PR #5248 Support interleave_columns for string types
+- PR #5386 Remove `cub` from `include_dirs` in `setup.py`
 - PR #5373 Remove legacy nvstrings/nvcategory/nvtext
 - PR #5362 Remove dependency on `rmm._DevicePointer`
 - PR #5302 Add missing comparison operators to `fixed_point` type
 - PR #5354 Split Dask deserialization methods by dask/cuda
 - PR #5363 Handle `0-dim` inputs while broadcasting to a column
+- PR #5389 Expose typed accessors for Java HostMemoryBuffer
 - PR #5379 Avoid chaining `Buffer`s
 
 ## Bug Fixes
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@
 - PR #5326 Fix `DataFrame.__init__` for list of scalar inputs and related dask issue
 - PR #5383 Fix cython `type_id` enum mismatch
 - PR #5382 Fix CategoricalDtype equality comparisons
+- PR #5390 Fix Java data type IDs and string interleave test
 
 
 # cuDF 0.14.0 (Date TBD)
diff --git a/java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/DType.java b/java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/DType.java
index b8eb76217e2..6b5cbe2f004 100644
--- a/java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/DType.java
+++ b/java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/DType.java
@@ -23,34 +23,38 @@ public enum DType {
   INT16(2, 2, "short"),
   INT32(4, 3, "int"),
   INT64(8, 4, "long"),
-  FLOAT32(4, 5, "float"),
-  FLOAT64(8, 6, "double"),
+  // UINT8(1, 5, "byte"),
+  // UINT16(2, 6, "short"),
+  // UINT32(4, 7, "int"),
+  // UINT64(8, 8, "long"),
+  FLOAT32(4, 9, "float"),
+  FLOAT64(8, 10, "double"),
   /**
    * Byte wise true non-0/false 0.  In general true will be 1.
    */
-  BOOL8(1, 7, "bool"),
+  BOOL8(1, 11, "bool"),
   /**
    * Days since the UNIX epoch
    */
-  TIMESTAMP_DAYS(4, 8, "date32"),
+  TIMESTAMP_DAYS(4, 12, "date32"),
   /**
    * s since the UNIX epoch
    */
-  TIMESTAMP_SECONDS(8, 9, "timestamp[s]"),
+  TIMESTAMP_SECONDS(8, 13, "timestamp[s]"),
   /**
    * ms since the UNIX epoch
    */
-  TIMESTAMP_MILLISECONDS(8, 10, "timestamp[ms]"),
+  TIMESTAMP_MILLISECONDS(8, 14, "timestamp[ms]"),
   /**
    * microseconds since the UNIX epoch
    */
-  TIMESTAMP_MICROSECONDS(8, 11, "timestamp[us]"),
+  TIMESTAMP_MICROSECONDS(8, 15, "timestamp[us]"),
   /**
    * ns since the UNIX epoch
    */
-  TIMESTAMP_NANOSECONDS(8, 12, "timestamp[ns]"),
-  //DICTIONARY32(4, 13, "NO IDEA"),
-  STRING(0, 14, "str");
+  TIMESTAMP_NANOSECONDS(8, 16, "timestamp[ns]"),
+  //DICTIONARY32(4, 17, "NO IDEA"),
+  STRING(0, 18, "str");
 
   private static final DType[] D_TYPES = DType.values();
   final int sizeInBytes;
diff --git a/java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/HostMemoryBuffer.java b/java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/HostMemoryBuffer.java
index 9545e0dce76..910cdcde399 100644
--- a/java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/HostMemoryBuffer.java
+++ b/java/src/main/java/ai/rapids/cudf/HostMemoryBuffer.java
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ public final void setBytes(long offset, byte[] data, long srcOffset, long len) {
    * @param offset - offset from the address
    * @return - value
    */
-  final short getShort(long offset) {
+  public final short getShort(long offset) {
     long requestedAddress = this.address + offset;
     addressOutOfBoundsCheck(requestedAddress, 2, "getShort");
     return UnsafeMemoryAccessor.getShort(requestedAddress);
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ final short getShort(long offset) {
    * @param offset - offset from the address
    * @param value  - value to be set
    */
-  final void setShort(long offset, short value) {
+  public final void setShort(long offset, short value) {
     long requestedAddress = this.address + offset;
     addressOutOfBoundsCheck(requestedAddress, 2, "setShort");
     UnsafeMemoryAccessor.setShort(requestedAddress, value);
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ final void setShort(long offset, short value) {
    * @param data      the data to be copied.
    * @param srcOffset index in data to start at.
    */
-  final void setShorts(long offset, short[] data, long srcOffset, long len) {
+  public final void setShorts(long offset, short[] data, long srcOffset, long len) {
     assert len >= 0 : "length is not allowed " + len;
     assert len <= data.length - srcOffset;
     long requestedAddress = this.address + offset;
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ final void setShorts(long offset, short[] data, long srcOffset, long len) {
    * @param offset - offset from the address
    * @return - value
    */
-  final int getInt(long offset) {
+  public final int getInt(long offset) {
     long requestedAddress = this.address + offset;
     addressOutOfBoundsCheck(requestedAddress, 4, "getInt");
     return UnsafeMemoryAccessor.getInt(requestedAddress);
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ final int getInt(long offset) {
    * @param offset - offset from the address
    * @param value  - value to be set
    */
-  final void setInt(long offset, int value) {
+  public final void setInt(long offset, int value) {
     long requestedAddress = this.address + offset;
     addressOutOfBoundsCheck(requestedAddress, 4, "setInt");
     UnsafeMemoryAccessor.setInt(requestedAddress, value);
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ final void setInt(long offset, int value) {
    * @param data      the data to be copied.
    * @param srcOffset index into data to start at
    */
-  final void setInts(long offset, int[] data, long srcOffset, long len) {
+  public final void setInts(long offset, int[] data, long srcOffset, long len) {
     assert len >= 0 : "length is not allowed " + len;
     assert len <= data.length - srcOffset;
     long requestedAddress = this.address + offset;
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ final void setInts(long offset, int[] data, long srcOffset, long len) {
    * @param offset - offset from the address
    * @return - value
    */
-  final long getLong(long offset) {
+  public final long getLong(long offset) {
     long requestedAddress = this.address + offset;
     addressOutOfBoundsCheck(requestedAddress, 8, "setLong");
     return UnsafeMemoryAccessor.getLong(requestedAddress);
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ final long getLong(long offset) {
    * @param offset - offset from the address
    * @param value  - value to be set
    */
-  final void setLong(long offset, long value) {
+  public final void setLong(long offset, long value) {
     long requestedAddress = this.address + offset;
     addressOutOfBoundsCheck(requestedAddress, 8, "getLong");
     UnsafeMemoryAccessor.setLong(requestedAddress, value);
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ final void setLong(long offset, long value) {
    * @param data      the data to be copied.
    * @param srcOffset index into data to start at.
    */
-  final void setLongs(long offset, long[] data, long srcOffset, long len) {
+  public final void setLongs(long offset, long[] data, long srcOffset, long len) {
     assert len >= 0 : "length is not allowed " + len;
     assert len <= data.length - srcOffset;
     long requestedAddress = this.address + offset;
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ final void setLongs(long offset, long[] data, long srcOffset, long len) {
    * @param offset - offset from the address
    * @return - value
    */
-  final float getFloat(long offset) {
+  public final float getFloat(long offset) {
     long requestedAddress = this.address + offset;
     addressOutOfBoundsCheck(requestedAddress, 4, "getFloat");
     return UnsafeMemoryAccessor.getFloat(requestedAddress);
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ final float getFloat(long offset) {
    * @param offset - offset from the address
    * @param value  - value to be set
    */
-  final void setFloat(long offset, float value) {
+  public final void setFloat(long offset, float value) {
     long requestedAddress = this.address + offset;
     addressOutOfBoundsCheck(requestedAddress, 4, "setFloat");
     UnsafeMemoryAccessor.setFloat(requestedAddress, value);
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ final void setFloat(long offset, float value) {
    * @param data      the data to be copied.
    * @param srcOffset index into data to start at
    */
-  final void setFloats(long offset, float[] data, long srcOffset, long len) {
+  public final void setFloats(long offset, float[] data, long srcOffset, long len) {
     assert len >= 0 : "length is not allowed " + len;
     assert len <= data.length - srcOffset;
     long requestedAddress = this.address + offset;
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ final void setFloats(long offset, float[] data, long srcOffset, long len) {
    * @param offset - offset from the address
    * @return - value
    */
-  final double getDouble(long offset) {
+  public final double getDouble(long offset) {
     long requestedAddress = this.address + offset;
     addressOutOfBoundsCheck(requestedAddress, 8, "getDouble");
     return UnsafeMemoryAccessor.getDouble(requestedAddress);
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ final double getDouble(long offset) {
    * @param offset - offset from the address
    * @param value  - value to be set
    */
-  final void setDouble(long offset, double value) {
+  public final void setDouble(long offset, double value) {
     long requestedAddress = this.address + offset;
     addressOutOfBoundsCheck(requestedAddress, 8, "setDouble");
     UnsafeMemoryAccessor.setDouble(requestedAddress, value);
@@ -496,7 +496,7 @@ final void setDouble(long offset, double value) {
    * @param data      the data to be copied.
    * @param srcOffset index into data to start at
    */
-  final void setDoubles(long offset, double[] data, long srcOffset, long len) {
+  public final void setDoubles(long offset, double[] data, long srcOffset, long len) {
     assert len >= 0 : "length is not allowed " + len;
     assert len <= data.length - srcOffset;
     long requestedAddress = this.address + offset;
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ final void setDoubles(long offset, double[] data, long srcOffset, long len) {
    * @param offset - offset from the address
    * @return - value
    */
-  final boolean getBoolean(long offset) {
+  public final boolean getBoolean(long offset) {
     long requestedAddress = this.address + offset;
     addressOutOfBoundsCheck(requestedAddress, 1, "getBoolean");
     return UnsafeMemoryAccessor.getBoolean(requestedAddress);
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ final boolean getBoolean(long offset) {
    * @param offset - offset from the address
    * @param value  - value to be set
    */
-  final void setBoolean(long offset, boolean value) {
+  public final void setBoolean(long offset, boolean value) {
     long requestedAddress = this.address + offset;
     addressOutOfBoundsCheck(requestedAddress, 1, "setBoolean");
     UnsafeMemoryAccessor.setBoolean(requestedAddress, value);
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ final void setBoolean(long offset, boolean value) {
    * @param length - number of bytes to set
    * @param value  - value to be set
    */
-  final void setMemory(long offset, long length, byte value) {
+  public final void setMemory(long offset, long length, byte value) {
     addressOutOfBoundsCheck(address + offset, length, "set memory");
     UnsafeMemoryAccessor.setMemory(address + offset, length, value);
   }
diff --git a/java/src/test/java/ai/rapids/cudf/TableTest.java b/java/src/test/java/ai/rapids/cudf/TableTest.java
index 2a4cd856a9c..27fdd237557 100644
--- a/java/src/test/java/ai/rapids/cudf/TableTest.java
+++ b/java/src/test/java/ai/rapids/cudf/TableTest.java
@@ -1080,9 +1080,10 @@ void testInterleaveStringColumns() {
     try (Table t = new Table.TestBuilder()
         .column("a", "b", "c")
         .column("d", "e", "f")
-        .build()) {
-      assertThrows(CudfException.class, () -> t.interleaveColumns(),
-          "Only fixed-width types are supported in interleave_columns");
+        .build();
+         ColumnVector expected = ColumnVector.fromStrings("a", "d", "b", "e", "c", "f");
+         ColumnVector actual = t.interleaveColumns()) {
+      assertColumnsAreEqual(expected, actual);
     }
   }