Dependency modernization
The end-of-life date won’t move. The upgrade keeps slipping.
Deployment.io upgrades runtimes, frameworks, and dependencies to supported versions across the services that depend on them, verifies each change against your build and tests, and deploys the updates in your cloud.
Often one of these started it
- A runtime or framework reaches end of life on a published date
- Extended support charges have started showing up on the cloud bill
- A scanner backlog of critical and high findings nobody can prioritize
- An unsupported version is blocking a security review or a renewal
- An upgrade is stuck behind breaking changes across several services
Why it keeps slipping
Opening the upgrade is easy. Finishing it is the work.
Your scanner can identify what is out of date. A dependency bot may even open the first pull request. Neither resolves every breaking change across the services, shared libraries, tests, build images, and infrastructure that still depend on the old version.
That work needs engineers who understand the system, and those engineers are committed to the roadmap. So the version stays, the external deadline gets closer, and every skipped release makes the eventual move larger.
What we take on
The versions move. The system still works.
Done means the supported version is running in production, the affected services have passed the relevant checks, and the change is traceable from implementation through approval.
Runtime and language upgrades
Move Node, Python, Go, Ruby, Java, and other runtimes to supported versions across every service that depends on them.
Framework major-version upgrades
Resolve API changes, removed behavior, deprecations, and test failures across the applications that use the framework.
Managed-service upgrades
Upgrade databases, clusters, and other managed services in sequence with the applications and infrastructure that depend on them.
Abandoned dependency replacement
Replace or remove unmaintained packages, make the replacement decision explicit, and verify the affected behavior.
Breaking-change resolution
Take automated upgrade pull requests past compile errors, incompatible APIs, failing tests, and cross-service compatibility problems.
Ongoing version maintenance
Keep runtimes, frameworks, and dependencies within supported ranges so the backlog does not rebuild after the initial modernization.
How it works
Move every dependency in the right order.
Map the dependency path
Identify every service, shared library, build image, managed service, and deployment configuration tied to the affected version, then establish the order in which they must move.
Resolve the breaking changes
Make the version changes and fix the incompatible APIs, compile errors, test failures, and cross-service assumptions uncovered along the way.
Verify every affected service
Run the relevant builds, tests, scanners, and compatibility checks for each change before it reaches review.
Deploy in sequence
Move shared components before their consumers, deploy each step through the required approval, and retain the version history, verification results, and rollback path.
Modernization often closes security findings too.
Unsupported runtimes and vulnerable dependencies frequently appear in audits, scanner backlogs, and enterprise security reviews. When the fix requires an upgrade, the same modernization work can remove the outdated version and close the associated finding.
Deployment.io implements the change, verifies the affected services, deploys it through your approval process, and preserves the evidence behind the fix.
See security and compliance remediationWhich version are you stuck on?
Tell us the version, the date, and how many services run it. We will tell you what it takes to move.