User blog comment:MisterWoodhouse/Unified Community Platform: The Vision, Purpose, and Process/@comment-37336800-20200221002725/@comment-24006128-20200221160719

Going to 1.33 makes it easier for us to stay modern in the long run than going to 1.31 right now. Going to 1.34 wasn't an option, due to some technical complexity with actor migration.

We're not super concerned with EOL dates, as our plan is to continue updating over time once we're onto a modern baseline.