Security debt compounds through dependencies
Postponing an update does not hold the position. It gets worse on its own.
Each version you skip widens the gap, the upgrade path gets harder, and other things pin you to the old version. Eventually the flaw that forces your hand arrives with an upgrade that touches everything. It behaves exactly like financial debt, including that the interest is invisible until you try to pay it off.
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