Digital obsolescence avoidance systems and methods may determine an obsolescence vulnerability for a digital object. A digital obsolescence avoidance system may include a validation system and an obsolescence vulnerabilities system. The validation system may be configured to receive metadata for the digital object and to determine a digital object kind for the received metadata. The obsolescence vulnerabilities system may be configured to determine one or more dependencies for the determined object kind, to determine an obsolescence vulnerability based on the determined one or more dependencies, and to provide output related to the determined obsolescence vulnerability.