My upgrade policy for everything:
Significant security vulnerability? Upgrade
Feature you need? Upgrade
All other reasons: Don't upgrade.
Upgrading takes effort and it is risky. The benefits must be worth the risks.
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Significant security vulnerability? Upgrade
Feature you need? Upgrade
All other reasons: Don't upgrade.
Upgrading takes effort and it is risky. The benefits must be worth the risks.
Additionally, actions done frequently are less risky than actions done rarely, since you develop skills in performing that action as an organization - see high deployment frequency as a strategy of managing deployment risk.
This adds up to continuous upgrading being the least risky option in aggregate.