It's not about using what the cool kids use these days.
I can't stress enough that unmaintained software should not run in production.
This way you have a good argument towards management and if you do it regularly or even plan it in ahead of time it's usually not much work.
During a product planning meeting:
"Dear manager, for the next weeks/sprint the team needs X days to upgrade the software to version x.x.x otherwise it will stop working"
This way you have a good argument towards management and if you do it regularly or even plan it in ahead of time it's usually not much work.
During a product planning meeting: "Dear manager, for the next weeks/sprint the team needs X days to upgrade the software to version x.x.x otherwise it will stop working"