diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 17beb45..e1ec286 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # butcher (development version)
 
+* Added methods for `MASS::polr` (@pbulsink, #289).
+
+* Make to work with new versions of xgboost models (#294).
+
 * Added butcher methods for `tabnet()` (@cregouby #226).
 
 * * Added methods for `MASS::polr` (@pbulsink, #289).
diff --git a/R/xgb.R b/R/xgb.R
index 6f9ec10..53752f8 100644
--- a/R/xgb.R
+++ b/R/xgb.R
@@ -43,7 +43,11 @@ NULL
 #' @export
 axe_call.xgb.Booster <- function(x, verbose = FALSE, ...) {
   old <- x
-  x <- exchange(x, "call", call("dummy_call"))
+  if (is.null(attr(x, "call"))) {
+    x <- exchange(x, "call", call("dummy_call"))
+  } else {
+    attr(x, "call") <- call("dummy_call")
+  }
 
   add_butcher_attributes(
     x,
@@ -64,11 +68,15 @@ axe_call.xgb.Booster <- function(x, verbose = FALSE, ...) {
 #' @export
 axe_env.xgb.Booster <- function(x, verbose = FALSE, ...) {
   old <- x
-  x$callbacks <- purrr::map(x$callbacks,
-    function(x)
-      as.function(c(formals(x), body(x)), env = rlang::base_env())
-    )
-
+  if (!is.null(x$callbacks)) {
+    x$callbacks <-
+      purrr::map(
+        x$callbacks,
+        function(x) {
+          as.function(c(formals(x), body(x)), env = rlang::base_env())
+        }
+      )
+  }
   add_butcher_attributes(
     x,
     old,
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-xgb.R b/tests/testthat/test-xgb.R
index 74bfb39..d6f62b4 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-xgb.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-xgb.R
@@ -9,25 +9,42 @@ test_that("xgb.Booster + linear solver + predict() works", {
   # Load data
   data(agaricus.train)
   data(agaricus.test)
-  bst <- xgboost(data = agaricus.train$data,
-                 label = agaricus.train$label,
-                 eta = 1,
-                 nthread = 2,
-                 nrounds = 2,
-                 eval_metric = "logloss",
-                 objective = "binary:logistic",
-                 verbose = 0)
+  if (utils::packageVersion("xgboost") > "2.0.0.0") {
+    bst <- xgboost(
+      x = agaricus.train$data,
+      y = agaricus.train$label,
+      learning_rate = 1,
+      nthread = 2,
+      nrounds = 2,
+      eval_metric = "logloss",
+      objective = "reg:squarederror"
+    )
+  } else {
+    bst <- xgboost(
+      data = agaricus.train$data,
+      label = agaricus.train$label,
+      eta = 1,
+      nthread = 2,
+      nrounds = 2,
+      eval_metric = "logloss",
+      objective = "binary:logistic",
+      verbose = 0
+    )
+  }
   x <- axe_call(bst)
-  expect_equal(x$call, rlang::expr(dummy_call()))
+  if (utils::packageVersion("xgboost") > "2.0.0.0") {
+    extracted_call <- attr(x, "call")
+  } else {
+    extracted_call <- x$call
+  }
+  expect_equal(extracted_call, rlang::expr(dummy_call()))
   x <- axe_env(bst)
-  expect_lt(lobstr::obj_size(x), lobstr::obj_size(bst))
+  expect_lte(lobstr::obj_size(x), lobstr::obj_size(bst))
+  expect_lte(lobstr::obj_size(attributes(x)), lobstr::obj_size(attributes(bst)))
   x <- butcher(bst)
-  expect_equal(xgb.importance(model = x),
-               xgb.importance(model = bst))
-  expect_equal(predict(x, agaricus.test$data),
-               predict(bst, agaricus.test$data))
-  expect_equal(xgb.dump(x, with_stats = TRUE),
-               xgb.dump(bst, with_stats = TRUE))
+  expect_equal(xgb.importance(model = x), xgb.importance(model = bst))
+  expect_equal(predict(x, agaricus.test$data), predict(bst, agaricus.test$data))
+  expect_equal(xgb.dump(x, with_stats = TRUE), xgb.dump(bst, with_stats = TRUE))
 })
 
 test_that("xgb.Booster + tree-learning algo + predict() works", {
@@ -37,24 +54,45 @@ test_that("xgb.Booster + tree-learning algo + predict() works", {
   # Load data
   data(agaricus.train)
   data(agaricus.test)
-  dtrain <- xgb.DMatrix(data = agaricus.train$data,
-                        label = agaricus.train$label)
-  bst <- xgb.train(data = dtrain,
-                   booster = "gblinear",
-                   nthread = 2,
-                   nrounds = 2,
-                   eval_metric = "logloss",
-                   objective = "binary:logistic",
-                   print_every_n = 10000L)
+  dtrain <- xgb.DMatrix(
+    data = agaricus.train$data,
+    label = agaricus.train$label
+  )
+  if (utils::packageVersion("xgboost") > "2.0.0.0") {
+    bst <- xgb.train(
+      params = list(
+        booster = "gblinear",
+        nthread = 2,
+        eval_metric = "logloss",
+        objective = "binary:logistic",
+        print_every_n = 10000L
+      ),
+      nrounds = 2,
+      data = dtrain
+    )
+  } else {
+    bst <- xgb.train(
+      data = dtrain,
+      booster = "gblinear",
+      nthread = 2,
+      nrounds = 2,
+      eval_metric = "logloss",
+      objective = "binary:logistic",
+      print_every_n = 10000L
+    )
+  }
   x <- axe_call(bst)
-  expect_equal(x$call, rlang::expr(dummy_call()))
+  if (utils::packageVersion("xgboost") > "2.0.0.0") {
+    extracted_call <- attr(x, "call")
+  } else {
+    extracted_call <- x$call
+  }
+  expect_equal(extracted_call, rlang::expr(dummy_call()))
   x <- axe_env(bst)
-  expect_lt(lobstr::obj_size(x), lobstr::obj_size(bst))
+  expect_lte(lobstr::obj_size(x), lobstr::obj_size(bst))
+  expect_lte(lobstr::obj_size(attributes(x)), lobstr::obj_size(attributes(bst)))
   x <- butcher(bst)
-  expect_equal(xgb.importance(model = x),
-               xgb.importance(model = bst))
-  expect_equal(predict(x, agaricus.test$data),
-               predict(bst, agaricus.test$data))
-  expect_equal(xgb.dump(x, with_stats = TRUE),
-               xgb.dump(bst, with_stats = TRUE))
+  expect_equal(xgb.importance(model = x), xgb.importance(model = bst))
+  expect_equal(predict(x, agaricus.test$data), predict(bst, agaricus.test$data))
+  expect_equal(xgb.dump(x, with_stats = TRUE), xgb.dump(bst, with_stats = TRUE))
 })
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-xrf.R b/tests/testthat/test-xrf.R
index 15f849c..2d1f2cc 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-xrf.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-xrf.R
@@ -9,7 +9,15 @@ test_that("xrf + axe_call() works", {
       family = 'gaussian'
     )
   x <- axe_call(res)
-  expect_equal(x$xgb$call, rlang::expr(dummy_call()))
+
+  # due to new xgboost version
+  # https://github.com/tidymodels/butcher/issues/294
+  if (is.null(x$xgb$call)) {
+    expect_equal(attr(x$xgb, "call"), rlang::expr(dummy_call()))
+  } else {
+    expect_equal(x$xgb$call, rlang::expr(dummy_call()))
+  }
+
   expect_equal(x$glm$model$glmnet.fit$call, rlang::expr(dummy_call()))
   expect_equal(x$glm$model$call, rlang::expr(dummy_call()))
 })
@@ -24,9 +32,16 @@ test_that("xrf + axe_env() works", {
     )
   x <- axe_env(res)
   expect_equal(attr(x$base_formula, ".Environment"), rlang::base_env())
-  expect_equal(attr(x$rule_augmented_formula, ".Environment"), rlang::base_env())
+  expect_equal(
+    attr(x$rule_augmented_formula, ".Environment"),
+    rlang::base_env()
+  )
   expect_equal(attr(x$glm$formula, ".Environment"), rlang::base_env())
-  expect_equal(environment(x$xgb$callbacks[[1]]), rlang::base_env())
+  # due to new xgboost version
+  # https://github.com/tidymodels/butcher/issues/294
+  if (!is.null(x$xgb$callbacks)) {
+    expect_equal(environment(x$xgb$callbacks[[1]]), rlang::base_env())
+  }
 })
 
 test_that("xrf + butcher() works", {
@@ -38,13 +53,27 @@ test_that("xrf + butcher() works", {
       family = 'gaussian'
     )
   x <- butcher(res)
-  expect_equal(x$xgb$call, rlang::expr(dummy_call()))
+  # due to new xgboost version
+  # https://github.com/tidymodels/butcher/issues/294
+  if (is.null(x$xgb$call)) {
+    expect_equal(attr(x$xgb, "call"), rlang::expr(dummy_call()))
+  } else {
+    expect_equal(x$xgb$call, rlang::expr(dummy_call()))
+  }
+
   expect_equal(x$glm$model$glmnet.fit$call, rlang::expr(dummy_call()))
   expect_equal(x$glm$model$call, rlang::expr(dummy_call()))
   expect_equal(attr(x$base_formula, ".Environment"), rlang::base_env())
-  expect_equal(attr(x$rule_augmented_formula, ".Environment"), rlang::base_env())
+  expect_equal(
+    attr(x$rule_augmented_formula, ".Environment"),
+    rlang::base_env()
+  )
   expect_equal(attr(x$glm$formula, ".Environment"), rlang::base_env())
-  expect_equal(environment(x$xgb$callbacks[[1]]), rlang::base_env())
+  # due to new xgboost version
+  # https://github.com/tidymodels/butcher/issues/294
+  if (!is.null(x$xgb$callbacks)) {
+    expect_equal(environment(x$xgb$callbacks[[1]]), rlang::base_env())
+  }
 })
 
 test_that("xrf + predict() works", {