You're not taking on any meaningful tech debt by waiting a week after a new version goes public to adopt it. As the OP says, there are services that scan popula

You're not taking on any meaningful tech debt by waiting a week after a new version goes public to adopt it. As the OP says, there are services that scan popular open source tools for vulnerabilities as soon as they are released; even if a large percentage of the user base is waiting a week to update, many will still be caught in that period. And for various reasons some will still upgrade immediately.