Just because you have root access does not mean you'll get updates. It still holds that if the manufacturer has not released an update it will not be available officially (over the air as you're trying to get it). If you want to go to a later version of Android you can research 3rd-party custom ROMs for your device, and rooting would be the first step on that path since you'll need a custom recovery.
BE SURE TO BACK UP YOUR INFO, most likely installing one of those ROMs will result in a reset of the device and loss of any data that was not backed up.
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