Why are there outdated versions of plugins in the package manager (NPM) in the package-lock.json file?

Question

Node.js

By reviewing the created package-lock.json file after the npm install command. Came across old versions of plugins and wondered. Why aren't they updated? After all, because of this, errors and various kinds of failures can occur.

Answer 1

Because you see dependency dependencies. It is these versions that are described in the library that you included in the project. It is with these versions that the library works stably.
Well, or you yourself installed the old version with your hands - it is not visible due to an incomplete listing.