If you have compatible/supported non-live production workstations which you can use to test and evaluate major software updates/upgrades before deploying those updates/upgrades to live production workstations, this would be the ideal way to go.

It’s important for software updates/upgrades to be properly tested and evaluated in non-production environments and on non-production workstations, to the extent possible, before being deployed company-wide on live production workstations and in a live production environment.