Is ROMsets locked to mame version ?

This may seem like a stupid question, but I'm honestly tired of searching and feel like I need to ask.

After getting frustrated with ROM sets containing 3,000+ games—where it takes forever to find the one you actually want—I decided to use a curated set with 596 of the best games instead.

The problem is that the set is listed as being for MAME 0.196.

I've built an arcade cabinet with a CRT TV and a VGA-to-RGB conversion setup, and my goal is to run GroovyMAME. However, GroovyMAME is based on a much newer MAME version.

If I move the ROMs from the 0.196 set to the latest version of GroovyMAME, will they still work?

If there's a better approach to getting a reasonably sized collection of games that will work reliably in my arcade cabinet, I'm more than willing to try your suggestions.