Question re: Automatic update from 20.x to 21.1

Hello I just read the announcement regarding the background update of Norton IS 20.x to 21.1 Do those of us on NIS 2013 HAVE to do this update to the new version? If I turn the automatic update to newest version off, will my system still be protected with version 20.4.0.40? I just upgraded to this version last week when my NIS 2012 expired. Obviously, I still have automatic live updates set to on.