I’ve just updated a Firebase cloud function and it went fine and it works but this warning comes up:

⚠ functions: package.json indicates an outdated version of firebase-functions. Please upgrade using npm install --save firebase-functions@latest in your functions directory.

⚠ functions: Please note that there will be breaking changes when you upgrade.

That’s kind of ominous and I’d like to know what might happen if I upgrade.

I’m running firebase-functions v4.7.0. I’ve checked the release notes for the more recent releases and there’s no mention of any changes in functionality, only bug fixes and some Firestore-related improvements that don’t affect me, as I use only RTDB. My function is a v1 function but I’m happy with it.

My preferred AI tells me to create a new branch, run tests, and deploy to a staging environment. That sounds like overkill but I’m open…

What should I do?