possible to upgrade from older version and get the benefit of SVN 1.10.2 version features without load and dump

[Lavanya.ShanthaKumar]

Dear Team,

Planning to upgrade from SVN 1.7.14 to SVN 1.10.2
Repositories are on a filer.
Is it possible to upgrade and get the benefit of SVN 1.10.2 version features 
without load and dump?

Thanks & Regards,
Lavanya.