diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-multiarch.yml b/.github/workflows/build-multiarch.yml
index 8c6626e5..4e5d35f8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-multiarch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-multiarch.yml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ jobs:
           load: true
           push: false
           cache-from: type=gha
-          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
+          # no cache-to to avoid cross-cache update from next build step
 
       - name: Run tests
         # It is assumed that image variants are merged from master and tested there
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 485efcae..a57873a2 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ RUN easy-add --var os=${TARGETOS} --var arch=${TARGETARCH}${TARGETVARIANT} \
  --var version=0.1.1 --var app=maven-metadata-release --file {{.app}} \
  --from https://github.com/itzg/{{.app}}/releases/download/{{.version}}/{{.app}}_{{.version}}_{{.os}}_{{.arch}}.tar.gz
 
-ARG MC_HELPER_VERSION=1.9.10
+ARG MC_HELPER_VERSION=1.10.0
 ARG MC_HELPER_BASE_URL=https://github.com/itzg/mc-image-helper/releases/download/v${MC_HELPER_VERSION}
 RUN curl -fsSL ${MC_HELPER_BASE_URL}/mc-image-helper-${MC_HELPER_VERSION}.tgz \
     | tar -C /usr/share -zxf - \
diff --git a/scripts/start-deployAirplane b/scripts/start-deployAirplane
index 4feb298b..1fde1263 100755
--- a/scripts/start-deployAirplane
+++ b/scripts/start-deployAirplane
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ fi
 
 # Normalize on Spigot for later operations
 export TYPE=SPIGOT
+export FAMILY=SPIGOT
 export SKIP_LOG4J_CONFIG=true
 
 exec ${SCRIPTS:-/}start-spiget "$@"
diff --git a/scripts/start-deployBukkitSpigot b/scripts/start-deployBukkitSpigot
index 03779dc8..120da778 100755
--- a/scripts/start-deployBukkitSpigot
+++ b/scripts/start-deployBukkitSpigot
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ fi
 
 # Normalize on Spigot for operations below
 export TYPE=SPIGOT
+export FAMILY=SPIGOT
 export SKIP_LOG4J_CONFIG=true
 
 exec ${SCRIPTS:-/}start-spiget "$@"
diff --git a/scripts/start-deployCF b/scripts/start-deployCF
index cdbafb30..c00c1dcf 100755
--- a/scripts/start-deployCF
+++ b/scripts/start-deployCF
@@ -233,4 +233,5 @@ elif [ -e "${FTB_DIR}/Install.sh" ]; then
   popd
 fi
 
+export FAMILY=FORGE
 exec "${SCRIPTS:-/}start-setupWorld" "$@"
diff --git a/scripts/start-deployCanyon b/scripts/start-deployCanyon
index a9ed0302..0aa17331 100755
--- a/scripts/start-deployCanyon
+++ b/scripts/start-deployCanyon
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ fi
 
 # Normalize on Spigot for later operations
 export TYPE=SPIGOT
+export FAMILY=SPIGOT
 export SKIP_LOG4J_CONFIG=true
 
 exec ${SCRIPTS:-/}start-spiget "$@"
diff --git a/scripts/start-deployCatserver b/scripts/start-deployCatserver
index 32ad7d72..88fef2b9 100755
--- a/scripts/start-deployCatserver
+++ b/scripts/start-deployCatserver
@@ -28,5 +28,6 @@ fi
 
 export SKIP_LOG4J_CONFIG=true
 
+export FAMILY=HYBRID
 # Continue to Final Setup
 exec ${SCRIPTS:-/}start-setupWorld "$@"
diff --git a/scripts/start-deployCrucible b/scripts/start-deployCrucible
index d204664c..606600c3 100755
--- a/scripts/start-deployCrucible
+++ b/scripts/start-deployCrucible
@@ -56,5 +56,6 @@ fi
 
 export SERVER
 export SKIP_LOG4J_CONFIG=true
+export FAMILY=HYBRID
 
 exec "${SCRIPTS:-$(dirname "$0")}/start-setupWorld" "$@"
diff --git a/scripts/start-deployCustom b/scripts/start-deployCustom
index a51e7c72..c4a92570 100755
--- a/scripts/start-deployCustom
+++ b/scripts/start-deployCustom
@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@ else
 fi
 
 export SKIP_LOG4J_CONFIG=true
-
+export FAMILY=HYBRID
 exec ${SCRIPTS:-/}start-setupWorld $@
diff --git a/scripts/start-deployFTBA b/scripts/start-deployFTBA
index 0e1d3463..fc3962f5 100755
--- a/scripts/start-deployFTBA
+++ b/scripts/start-deployFTBA
@@ -79,4 +79,5 @@ if ! [ -v SERVER ]; then
   exit 2
 fi
 
+export FAMILY=FORGE
 exec ${SCRIPTS:-/}start-setupWorld $@
diff --git a/scripts/start-deployFabric b/scripts/start-deployFabric
index 4f0a0d79..228bdeae 100755
--- a/scripts/start-deployFabric
+++ b/scripts/start-deployFabric
@@ -69,4 +69,5 @@ if [[ ! -e ${SERVER} ]]; then
   mv fabric-server-launch.jar "${SERVER}"
 fi
 
+export FAMILY=FABRIC
 exec ${SCRIPTS:-/}start-setupWorld "$@"
diff --git a/scripts/start-deployForge b/scripts/start-deployForge
index 85386713..8111c295 100755
--- a/scripts/start-deployForge
+++ b/scripts/start-deployForge
@@ -147,4 +147,5 @@ else
   fi
 fi
 
+export FAMILY=FORGE
 exec "${SCRIPTS:-/}start-setupWorld" "$@"
diff --git a/scripts/start-deployLimbo b/scripts/start-deployLimbo
index 3c4e086f..ad19457c 100755
--- a/scripts/start-deployLimbo
+++ b/scripts/start-deployLimbo
@@ -60,4 +60,5 @@ export LEVEL
 
 export SKIP_LOG4J_CONFIG=true
 
+export FAMILY=LIMBO
 exec ${SCRIPTS:-/}start-setupWorld $@
diff --git a/scripts/start-deployMagma b/scripts/start-deployMagma
index bf54a1e4..fb92c684 100755
--- a/scripts/start-deployMagma
+++ b/scripts/start-deployMagma
@@ -89,4 +89,5 @@ else
   fi
 fi
 
-exec ${SCRIPTS:-/}start-setupWorld $@
+export FAMILY=HYBRID
+exec ${SCRIPTS:-/}start-setupWorld "$@"
diff --git a/scripts/start-deployMohist b/scripts/start-deployMohist
index 1b8338fa..e17b4d57 100755
--- a/scripts/start-deployMohist
+++ b/scripts/start-deployMohist
@@ -40,4 +40,5 @@ fi
 
 export SKIP_LOG4J_CONFIG=true
 
+export FAMILY=HYBRID
 exec "${SCRIPTS:-$(dirname "$0")}/start-setupWorld" "$@"
diff --git a/scripts/start-deployPaper b/scripts/start-deployPaper
index e221eb58..69406b3c 100755
--- a/scripts/start-deployPaper
+++ b/scripts/start-deployPaper
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ fi
 
 # Normalize on Spigot for downstream operations
 export TYPE=SPIGOT
+export FAMILY=SPIGOT
 export SKIP_LOG4J_CONFIG=true
 
 exec ${SCRIPTS:-/}start-spiget "$@"
diff --git a/scripts/start-deployPurpur b/scripts/start-deployPurpur
index cc1233f5..e8b38424 100755
--- a/scripts/start-deployPurpur
+++ b/scripts/start-deployPurpur
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ fi
 
 # Normalize on Spigot for later operations
 export TYPE=SPIGOT
+export FAMILY=SPIGOT
 export SKIP_LOG4J_CONFIG=true
 
 exec ${SCRIPTS:-/}start-spiget "$@"
diff --git a/scripts/start-deploySpongeVanilla b/scripts/start-deploySpongeVanilla
index b296e7f3..d6a0ec39 100755
--- a/scripts/start-deploySpongeVanilla
+++ b/scripts/start-deploySpongeVanilla
@@ -37,4 +37,5 @@ if [ ! -e $SERVER ] || [ -n "$FORCE_REDOWNLOAD" ]; then
   curl -sSL -o $SERVER https://repo.spongepowered.org/maven/org/spongepowered/$TYPE/$SPONGEVERSION/$SERVER
 fi
 
-exec ${SCRIPTS:-/}start-setupWorld $@
+export FAMILY=SPONGE
+exec ${SCRIPTS:-/}start-setupWorld "$@"
diff --git a/scripts/start-deployVanilla b/scripts/start-deployVanilla
index 291f0f64..fd2474bc 100755
--- a/scripts/start-deployVanilla
+++ b/scripts/start-deployVanilla
@@ -52,5 +52,5 @@ elif [[ -L /data/minecraft_server.jar ]]; then
 fi
 
 isDebugging && ls -l
-
+export FAMILY=VANILLA
 exec "${SCRIPTS:-/}start-setupWorld" "$@"
diff --git a/scripts/start-finalExec b/scripts/start-finalExec
index 939c700f..78603ebc 100755
--- a/scripts/start-finalExec
+++ b/scripts/start-finalExec
@@ -96,10 +96,9 @@ patchLog4jConfig() {
 }
 
 # Patch Log4j remote code execution vulnerability
-# NOTE: Paper, bukkit, and spigot are normalized to SPIGOT
-if [[ ${TYPE^^} != SPIGOT ]] && versionLessThan 1.12; then
+if isFamily VANILLA && versionLessThan 1.12; then
   patchLog4jConfig log4j2_17-111.xml https://launcher.mojang.com/v1/objects/dd2b723346a8dcd48e7f4d245f6bf09e98db9696/log4j2_17-111.xml
-elif [[ ${TYPE^^} != SPIGOT ]] && versionLessThan 1.17; then
+elif isFamily VANILLA && versionLessThan 1.17; then
   patchLog4jConfig log4j2_112-116.xml https://launcher.mojang.com/v1/objects/02937d122c86ce73319ef9975b58896fc1b491d1/log4j2_112-116.xml
 elif versionLessThan 1.18.1; then
   JVM_OPTS="-Dlog4j2.formatMsgNoLookups=true ${JVM_OPTS}"
diff --git a/scripts/start-utils b/scripts/start-utils
index 21e57379..1a2ed977 100755
--- a/scripts/start-utils
+++ b/scripts/start-utils
@@ -112,34 +112,7 @@ function normalizeMemSize() {
 }
 
 function versionLessThan() {
-  local activeParts
-  version=${VANILLA_VERSION%%-*} # for snapshot/rc versions
-  version=${version##b} # for versions like b1.7.3
-  IFS=. read -ra activeParts <<<"${version}"
-
-  local givenParts
-  IFS=. read -ra givenParts <<<"$1"
-
-  if ((${#activeParts[@]} < 2)); then
-    return 1
-  fi
-
-  if ((${#activeParts[@]} == 2)); then
-    if ((activeParts[0] < givenParts[0])) ||
-      ((activeParts[0] == givenParts[0] && activeParts[1] < givenParts[1])); then
-      return 0
-    else
-      return 1
-    fi
-  else
-    if ((activeParts[0] < givenParts[0])) ||
-      ((activeParts[0] == givenParts[0] && activeParts[1] < givenParts[1])) ||
-      ((activeParts[0] == givenParts[0] && activeParts[1] == givenParts[1] && activeParts[2] < givenParts[2])); then
-      return 0
-    else
-      return 1
-    fi
-  fi
+  mc-image-helper compare-versions "${VANILLA_VERSION}" lt "${1?}"
 }
 
 requireVar() {
@@ -163,7 +136,7 @@ requireEnum() {
     fi
   done
 
-  log "ERROR: $var must be set to one of $@"
+  log "ERROR: $var must be set to one of $*"
 #  exit 1
 }
 
@@ -189,4 +162,13 @@ function get() {
     flags+=("--debug")
   fi
   mc-image-helper "${flags[@]}" get "$@"
+}
+
+function isFamily() {
+  for f in "${@}"; do
+    if [[ $FAMILY == "$f" ]]; then
+      return 0
+    fi
+  done
+  return 1
 }
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