diff --git a/engines/ml/xgboost/build.gradle b/engines/ml/xgboost/build.gradle
index 19affcc3a62..9d31691b71a 100644
--- a/engines/ml/xgboost/build.gradle
+++ b/engines/ml/xgboost/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import groovy.xml.QName
 
 group "ai.djl.ml.xgboost"
+boolean isGpu = project.hasProperty("gpu")
+def XGB_FLAVOR = isGpu ? "-gpu" : ""
 
 configurations {
     exclusion
@@ -9,7 +11,7 @@ configurations {
 dependencies {
     api project(":api")
     api "commons-logging:commons-logging:${commons_logging_version}"
-    api("ml.dmlc:xgboost4j_2.12:${xgboost_version}") {
+    api("ml.dmlc:xgboost4j${XGB_FLAVOR}_2.12:${xgboost_version}") {
         // get rid of the unused XGBoost Dependencies
         exclude group: "org.apache.hadoop", module: "hadoop-hdfs"
         exclude group: "org.apache.hadoop", module: "hadoop-common"
@@ -23,9 +25,13 @@ dependencies {
         exclude group: "org.scala-lang", module: "scala-reflect"
         exclude group: "org.scala-lang", module: "scala-library"
     }
+    if (isGpu) {
+        api "ai.rapids:cudf:${rapis_version}:cuda11"
+    }
 
     exclusion project(":api")
     exclusion "commons-logging:commons-logging:${commons_logging_version}"
+    exclusion "ai.rapids:cudf:${rapis_version}:cuda11"
     testImplementation(project(":testing"))
     testImplementation("org.testng:testng:${testng_version}") {
         exclude group: "junit", module: "junit"
@@ -43,6 +49,7 @@ jar {
                         "ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/java/NativeLibLoader*",
                         "ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/java/XGBoost*",
                         "ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/java/util/*",
+                        "ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/gpu/java/*",
                         "ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/LabeledPoint.*",
                         "xgboost4j-version.properties"
             }
@@ -53,6 +60,7 @@ jar {
 publishing {
     publications {
         maven(MavenPublication) {
+            artifactId "${project.name}${XGB_FLAVOR}"
             pom {
                 name = "DJL Engine Adapter for XGBoost"
                 description = "Deep Java Library (DJL) Engine Adapter for XGBoost"
diff --git a/engines/ml/xgboost/src/main/java/ai/djl/ml/xgboost/XgbEngine.java b/engines/ml/xgboost/src/main/java/ai/djl/ml/xgboost/XgbEngine.java
index 9aa03932a6b..e4a4ebc7045 100644
--- a/engines/ml/xgboost/src/main/java/ai/djl/ml/xgboost/XgbEngine.java
+++ b/engines/ml/xgboost/src/main/java/ai/djl/ml/xgboost/XgbEngine.java
@@ -15,9 +15,13 @@
 import ai.djl.Device;
 import ai.djl.Model;
 import ai.djl.engine.Engine;
+import ai.djl.engine.StandardCapabilities;
 import ai.djl.ndarray.NDManager;
 import ai.djl.nn.SymbolBlock;
 import ai.djl.training.GradientCollector;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.Properties;
 import ml.dmlc.xgboost4j.java.JniUtils;
 
 /**
@@ -71,12 +75,27 @@ public int getRank() {
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
     @Override
     public String getVersion() {
-        return "1.3.1";
+        try (InputStream is =
+                XgbEngine.class.getResourceAsStream("/xgboost4j-version.properties")) {
+            Properties prop = new Properties();
+            prop.load(is);
+            return prop.getProperty("version");
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new AssertionError("Failed to load xgboost4j-version.properties", e);
+        }
     }
 
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
     @Override
     public boolean hasCapability(String capability) {
+        if (StandardCapabilities.CUDA.equals(capability)) {
+            try {
+                Class.forName("ml.dmlc.xgboost4j.gpu.java.CudfColumn");
+                return true;
+            } catch (ClassNotFoundException ignore) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
         return false;
     }
 
diff --git a/engines/ml/xgboost/src/main/java/ai/djl/ml/xgboost/XgbNDManager.java b/engines/ml/xgboost/src/main/java/ai/djl/ml/xgboost/XgbNDManager.java
index 87b6af06a30..00b5133e226 100644
--- a/engines/ml/xgboost/src/main/java/ai/djl/ml/xgboost/XgbNDManager.java
+++ b/engines/ml/xgboost/src/main/java/ai/djl/ml/xgboost/XgbNDManager.java
@@ -20,11 +20,14 @@
 import ai.djl.ndarray.types.DataType;
 import ai.djl.ndarray.types.Shape;
 import ai.djl.ndarray.types.SparseFormat;
+import ai.djl.util.JsonUtils;
+import com.google.gson.JsonArray;
 import java.nio.Buffer;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.nio.ByteOrder;
 import java.nio.FloatBuffer;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import ml.dmlc.xgboost4j.java.ColumnBatch;
 import ml.dmlc.xgboost4j.java.JniUtils;
 
 /** {@code XgbNDManager} is the XGBoost implementation of {@link NDManager}. */
@@ -80,6 +83,30 @@ public Engine getEngine() {
         return Engine.getEngine(XgbEngine.ENGINE_NAME);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Creates {@link XgbNDArray} from column array interface.
+     *
+     * @param columnBatch – the XGBoost ColumnBatch to provide the cuda array interface of feature
+     *     columns
+     * @param missing – missing value
+     * @param nthread – threads number
+     * @return a new instance of {@link NDArray}
+     */
+    public NDArray create(ColumnBatch columnBatch, float missing, int nthread) {
+        columnBatch.getFeatureArrayInterface();
+        String json = columnBatch.getFeatureArrayInterface();
+        JsonArray array = JsonUtils.GSON.fromJson(json, JsonArray.class);
+        JsonArray shapeJson = array.get(0).getAsJsonObject().get("shape").getAsJsonArray();
+        long[] shapes = new long[shapeJson.size()];
+        for (int i = 0; i < shapes.length; ++i) {
+            shapes[i] = shapeJson.get(i).getAsLong();
+        }
+
+        Shape shape = new Shape(shapes);
+        long handle = JniUtils.createDMatrix(columnBatch, missing, nthread);
+        return new XgbNDArray(this, alternativeManager, handle, shape, SparseFormat.DENSE);
+    }
+
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
     @Override
     public NDArray create(Buffer data, Shape shape, DataType dataType) {
diff --git a/engines/ml/xgboost/src/main/java/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/java/JniUtils.java b/engines/ml/xgboost/src/main/java/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/java/JniUtils.java
index ce63ad8bf82..e660150acff 100644
--- a/engines/ml/xgboost/src/main/java/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/java/JniUtils.java
+++ b/engines/ml/xgboost/src/main/java/ml/dmlc/xgboost4j/java/JniUtils.java
@@ -52,6 +52,19 @@ public static long createDMatrix(Buffer buf, Shape shape, float missing) {
         return handles[0];
     }
 
+    public static long createDMatrix(ColumnBatch columnBatch, float missing, int nthread) {
+        long[] handles = new long[1];
+        String json = columnBatch.getFeatureArrayInterface();
+        if (json == null || json.isEmpty()) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+                    "Expecting non-empty feature columns' array interface");
+        }
+        checkCall(
+                XGBoostJNI.XGDMatrixCreateFromArrayInterfaceColumns(
+                        json, missing, nthread, handles));
+        return handles[0];
+    }
+
     public static long createDMatrixCSR(long[] indptr, int[] indices, float[] array) {
         long[] handles = new long[1];
         checkCall(XGBoostJNI.XGDMatrixCreateFromCSREx(indptr, indices, array, 0, handles));
diff --git a/engines/ml/xgboost/src/test/java/ai/djl/ml/xgboost/XgbModelTest.java b/engines/ml/xgboost/src/test/java/ai/djl/ml/xgboost/XgbModelTest.java
index 4310b342643..c29853e90c7 100644
--- a/engines/ml/xgboost/src/test/java/ai/djl/ml/xgboost/XgbModelTest.java
+++ b/engines/ml/xgboost/src/test/java/ai/djl/ml/xgboost/XgbModelTest.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 import ai.djl.MalformedModelException;
 import ai.djl.Model;
+import ai.djl.engine.Engine;
 import ai.djl.inference.Predictor;
 import ai.djl.ndarray.NDArray;
 import ai.djl.ndarray.NDList;
@@ -45,6 +46,30 @@ public void downloadXGBoostModel() throws IOException {
                 modelDir.resolve("regression.json").toString());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testVersion() {
+        Engine engine = Engine.getEngine("XGBoost");
+        Assert.assertEquals("1.6.1", engine.getVersion());
+    }
+
+    /*
+    This test depends on rapis, which doesn't work for CPU
+    @Test
+    public void testCudf() {
+        Engine engine = Engine.getEngine("XGBoost");
+        if (engine.hasCapability(StandardCapabilities.CUDA)) {
+            Float[] data = new Float[]{1.f, null, 5.f, 7.f, 9.f};
+            Table x = new Table.TestBuilder().column(data).build();
+            ColumnBatch columnBatch = new CudfColumnBatch(x, null, null, null);
+
+            try (XgbNDManager manager = (XgbNDManager)engine.newBaseManager()) {
+                NDArray array = manager.create(columnBatch,0, 1);
+                Assert.assertEquals(array.getShape().get(0), 5);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    */
+
     @Test
     public void testLoad() throws MalformedModelException, IOException, TranslateException {
         // TODO: skip for Windows since it is not supported by XGBoost
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 0ff6242d621..23e2cf9d237 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ paddlepaddle_version=2.2.2
 sentencepiece_version=0.1.95
 tokenizers_version=0.11.0
 fasttext_version=0.9.2
-xgboost_version=1.6.0
+xgboost_version=1.6.1
+rapis_version=22.04.0
 
 commons_cli_version=1.5.0
 commons_compress_version=1.21