diff --git a/export.py b/export.py
index 5755774..92d4247 100644
--- a/export.py
+++ b/export.py
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ def export_onnx(model, im, file, opset, dynamic, simplify, prefix=colorstr('ONNX
 @try_export
 def export_openvino(file, metadata, half, int8, data, prefix=colorstr('OpenVINO:')):
     # YOLOv5 OpenVINO export
-    check_requirements('openvino-dev>=2022.3')  # requires openvino-dev: https://pypi.org/project/openvino-dev/
+    check_requirements('openvino-dev>=2023.0')  # requires openvino-dev: https://pypi.org/project/openvino-dev/
     import openvino.runtime as ov  # noqa
     from openvino.tools import mo  # noqa
 
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ def export_openvino(file, metadata, half, int8, data, prefix=colorstr('OpenVINO:
     f_onnx = file.with_suffix('.onnx')
     f_ov = str(Path(f) / file.with_suffix('.xml').name)
     if int8:
-        check_requirements('nncf')
+        check_requirements('nncf>=2.4.0')  # requires at least version 2.4.0 to use the post-training quantization
         import nncf
         import numpy as np
         from openvino.runtime import Core
diff --git a/models/common.py b/models/common.py
index a0ee085..4ab1341 100644
--- a/models/common.py
+++ b/models/common.py
@@ -373,18 +373,18 @@ class DetectMultiBackend(nn.Module):
                 stride, names = int(meta['stride']), eval(meta['names'])
         elif xml:  # OpenVINO
             LOGGER.info(f'Loading {w} for OpenVINO inference...')
-            check_requirements('openvino')  # requires openvino-dev: https://pypi.org/project/openvino-dev/
+            check_requirements('openvino>=2023.0')  # requires openvino-dev: https://pypi.org/project/openvino-dev/
             from openvino.runtime import Core, Layout, get_batch
-            ie = Core()
+            core = Core()
             if not Path(w).is_file():  # if not *.xml
                 w = next(Path(w).glob('*.xml'))  # get *.xml file from *_openvino_model dir
-            network = ie.read_model(model=w, weights=Path(w).with_suffix('.bin'))
-            if network.get_parameters()[0].get_layout().empty:
-                network.get_parameters()[0].set_layout(Layout('NCHW'))
-            batch_dim = get_batch(network)
+            ov_model = core.read_model(model=w, weights=Path(w).with_suffix('.bin'))
+            if ov_model.get_parameters()[0].get_layout().empty:
+                ov_model.get_parameters()[0].set_layout(Layout('NCHW'))
+            batch_dim = get_batch(ov_model)
             if batch_dim.is_static:
                 batch_size = batch_dim.get_length()
-            executable_network = ie.compile_model(network, device_name='CPU')  # device_name="MYRIAD" for Intel NCS2
+            ov_compiled_model = core.compile_model(ov_model, device_name='AUTO')  # AUTO selects best available device
             stride, names = self._load_metadata(Path(w).with_suffix('.yaml'))  # load metadata
         elif engine:  # TensorRT
             LOGGER.info(f'Loading {w} for TensorRT inference...')
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ class DetectMultiBackend(nn.Module):
             y = self.session.run(self.output_names, {self.session.get_inputs()[0].name: im})
         elif self.xml:  # OpenVINO
             im = im.cpu().numpy()  # FP32
-            y = list(self.executable_network([im]).values())
+            y = list(self.ov_compiled_model(im).values())
         elif self.engine:  # TensorRT
             if self.dynamic and im.shape != self.bindings['images'].shape:
                 i = self.model.get_binding_index('images')
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a49036b..0e68f80 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ seaborn>=0.11.0
 # scikit-learn<=1.1.2  # CoreML quantization
 # tensorflow>=2.4.0  # TF exports (-cpu, -aarch64, -macos)
 # tensorflowjs>=3.9.0  # TF.js export
-# openvino-dev  # OpenVINO export
+# openvino-dev>=2023.0  # OpenVINO export
 
 # Deploy ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 setuptools>=65.5.1 # Snyk vulnerability fix
diff --git a/utils/docker/Dockerfile b/utils/docker/Dockerfile
index ff657de..4346fc8 100644
--- a/utils/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/utils/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ RUN git clone https://github.com/ultralytics/yolov5 /usr/src/app
 COPY requirements.txt .
 RUN python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip wheel
 RUN pip install --no-cache -r requirements.txt albumentations comet gsutil notebook \
-    coremltools onnx onnx-simplifier onnxruntime 'openvino-dev>=2022.3'
+    coremltools onnx onnx-simplifier onnxruntime 'openvino-dev>=2023.0'
     # tensorflow tensorflowjs \
 
 # Set environment variables
diff --git a/utils/docker/Dockerfile-cpu b/utils/docker/Dockerfile-cpu
index 613bdff..91adf64 100644
--- a/utils/docker/Dockerfile-cpu
+++ b/utils/docker/Dockerfile-cpu
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ RUN apt install --no-install-recommends -y python3-pip git zip curl htop libgl1-
 COPY requirements.txt .
 RUN python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip wheel
 RUN pip install --no-cache -r requirements.txt albumentations gsutil notebook \
-    coremltools onnx onnx-simplifier onnxruntime 'openvino-dev>=2022.3' \
+    coremltools onnx onnx-simplifier onnxruntime 'openvino-dev>=2023.0' \
     # tensorflow tensorflowjs \
     --extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu