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This whole thread seems to be unaware about Debian.... so I'll give an actual answer.
Debian only actually updates their software packages every 2 years, this is for stability purposes. However you still need to fix some severe bugs so about every 2-3 months Debian does point releases that are only updating for security fixes. This is one of them.
When Debian 14 actually releases it will upgrade nearly all of the packages that are in your base system.