diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 16c7cceb1c..93a477adf4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ if (ENABLE_SDL2)
     if (CITRA_USE_BUNDLED_SDL2)
         # Detect toolchain and platform
         if ((MSVC_VERSION GREATER_EQUAL 1910 AND MSVC_VERSION LESS 1930) AND ARCHITECTURE_x86_64)
-            set(SDL2_VER "SDL2-2.0.8")
+            set(SDL2_VER "SDL2-2.0.10")
         else()
             message(FATAL_ERROR "No bundled SDL2 binaries for your toolchain. Disable CITRA_USE_BUNDLED_SDL2 and provide your own.")
         endif()
diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index d8cbfc35fd..6eb4bccaaf 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ install:
   - ps: |
         if ($env:BUILD_TYPE -eq 'mingw') {
           $dependencies = "mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-cmake mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-qt5 mingw64/mingw-w64-x86_64-ffmpeg"
-          C:\msys64\usr\bin\bash -lc "pacman --noconfirm -U http://repo.msys2.org/mingw/x86_64/mingw-w64-x86_64-SDL2-2.0.5-2-any.pkg.tar.xz"
+          C:\msys64\usr\bin\bash -lc "pacman --noconfirm -U http://repo.msys2.org/mingw/x86_64/mingw-w64-x86_64-SDL2-2.0.10-1-any.pkg.tar.xz"
           C:\msys64\usr\bin\bash -lc "pacman --noconfirm -S $dependencies"
           # (HACK) ignore errors
           0
diff --git a/src/input_common/sdl/sdl_impl.cpp b/src/input_common/sdl/sdl_impl.cpp
index 0b69bfede5..f186787b8e 100644
--- a/src/input_common/sdl/sdl_impl.cpp
+++ b/src/input_common/sdl/sdl_impl.cpp
@@ -472,6 +472,14 @@ SDLState::SDLState() {
     if (SDL_SetHint(SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_ALLOW_BACKGROUND_EVENTS, "1") == SDL_FALSE) {
         LOG_ERROR(Input, "Failed to set Hint for background events", SDL_GetError());
     }
+// these hints are only defined on sdl2.0.9 or higher
+#if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 9)
+    // This can be set back to 1 when the compatibility problems with the controllers are
+    // solved. There are also hints to toggle the individual drivers.
+    SDL_SetHint(SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI, "0");
+    // This hint should probably stay as "0" as long as the hidapi PS4 led issue isn't fixed
+    SDL_SetHint(SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_HIDAPI_PS4, "0");
+#endif
 
     SDL_AddEventWatch(&SDLEventWatcher, this);