diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e940893..260b106 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.3)
 include("cmake/HunterGate.cmake")
 
 HunterGate(
-  URL "https://github.com/ruslo/hunter/archive/v0.19.40.tar.gz"
-  SHA1 "dd4850329b2e5ed91684f964f8bbc29328898d56"  
+  URL "https://github.com/ruslo/hunter/archive/v0.19.54.tar.gz"
+  SHA1 "75c7e5841cee90957d2e3866f6bd5d6dfe515dde"  
   FILEPATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/cmake/Hunter/config.cmake"    
   )
 
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY USE_FOLDERS ON)
 option(XGBOOSTER_BUILD_TESTS "Build tests" ON)
 option(XGBOOSTER_BUILD_APPS "Build applications" ON)
 option(XGBOOSTER_SERIALIZE_WITH_CEREAL "Serialize w/ cereal" ON) # hunter update
-option(XGBOOSTER_ADD_TO_STRING "Add local to_string definitions" OFF) # for android
 option(XGBOOSTER_DO_LEAN "Build for prediction only (size reduction)" OFF) 
 
 ###################
diff --git a/cmake/Hunter/config.cmake b/cmake/Hunter/config.cmake
index dce0d64..09855c1 100644
--- a/cmake/Hunter/config.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Hunter/config.cmake
@@ -4,8 +4,4 @@ set(XGBOOST_CMAKE_ARGS
   XGBOOST_USE_CEREAL=${XGBOOSTER_SERIALIZE_WITH_CEREAL}
   )
 
-if(ANDROID)
-  list(APPEND XGBOOST_CMAKE_ARGS XGBOOST_ADD_TO_STRING=ON)
-endif()
-
 hunter_config(xgboost GIT_SUBMODULE "src/3rdparty/xgboost" CMAKE_ARGS ${XGBOOST_CMAKE_ARGS})
diff --git a/src/3rdparty/xgboost b/src/3rdparty/xgboost
index eed22d0..47da6ca 160000
--- a/src/3rdparty/xgboost
+++ b/src/3rdparty/xgboost
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit eed22d0a19d7afc613e3ec79541e67d9ab440721
+Subproject commit 47da6ca8f7ec88e2b7209e1e711a430a28a01c87