diff --git a/modules/dnn/src/ie_ngraph.cpp b/modules/dnn/src/ie_ngraph.cpp
index 140d4b0d2f..f9341febb5 100644
--- a/modules/dnn/src/ie_ngraph.cpp
+++ b/modules/dnn/src/ie_ngraph.cpp
@@ -383,11 +383,17 @@ public:
 
 #endif // OpenVINO >= 2022.1
 
-InfEngineNgraphNode::InfEngineNgraphNode(std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node>&& _node)
-    : BackendNode(DNN_BACKEND_INFERENCE_ENGINE_NGRAPH), node(std::move(_node)) {}
+InfEngineNgraphNode::InfEngineNgraphNode(ngraph::Output<ngraph::Node>&& _node)
+    : BackendNode(DNN_BACKEND_INFERENCE_ENGINE_NGRAPH), node(std::move(_node)) {
+    CV_Assert(node.get_node());
+    CV_Assert(node.get_node_shared_ptr());
+}
 
-InfEngineNgraphNode::InfEngineNgraphNode(const std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node>& _node)
-    : BackendNode(DNN_BACKEND_INFERENCE_ENGINE_NGRAPH), node(_node) {}
+InfEngineNgraphNode::InfEngineNgraphNode(const ngraph::Output<ngraph::Node>& _node)
+    : BackendNode(DNN_BACKEND_INFERENCE_ENGINE_NGRAPH), node(_node) {
+    CV_Assert(node.get_node());
+    CV_Assert(node.get_node_shared_ptr());
+}
 
 InfEngineNgraphNode::InfEngineNgraphNode(const std::vector<Ptr<BackendNode> >& nodes,
                                          Ptr<Layer>& cvLayer_, std::vector<Mat*>& inputs,
@@ -420,7 +426,7 @@ InfEngineNgraphNode::InfEngineNgraphNode(const std::vector<Ptr<BackendNode> >& n
 }
 
 void InfEngineNgraphNode::setName(const std::string& name) {
-    node->set_friendly_name(name);
+    node.get_node()->set_friendly_name(name);
 }
 
 InfEngineNgraphNet::InfEngineNgraphNet(detail::NetImplBase& netImpl)
@@ -441,8 +447,7 @@ InfEngineNgraphNet::InfEngineNgraphNet(detail::NetImplBase& netImpl, InferenceEn
 void InfEngineNgraphNet::addOutput(const Ptr<InfEngineNgraphNode>& node)
 {
     CV_Assert(node);
-    CV_Assert(node->node);
-    const std::string& name = node->node->get_friendly_name();
+    const std::string& name = node->node.get_node()->get_friendly_name();
     requestedOutputs.insert({name, node.get()});
 }
 
@@ -458,7 +463,7 @@ void InfEngineNgraphNet::createNet(Target targetId) {
             CV_Assert(output_node_it->second);
             auto out = std::make_shared<ngraph::op::Result>(output_node_it->second->node);
 #if INF_ENGINE_VER_MAJOR_GE(INF_ENGINE_RELEASE_2022_1)
-            out->set_friendly_name(output_node_it->first + (output_node_it->second->node->get_output_size() == 1 ? "" : ".0"));
+            out->set_friendly_name(output_node_it->first + (output_node_it->second->node.get_node()->get_output_size() == 1 ? "" : ".0"));
 #endif
             outs.push_back(out);
         }
diff --git a/modules/dnn/src/ie_ngraph.hpp b/modules/dnn/src/ie_ngraph.hpp
index 7bb0ac09df..cc8f53ca5c 100644
--- a/modules/dnn/src/ie_ngraph.hpp
+++ b/modules/dnn/src/ie_ngraph.hpp
@@ -93,13 +93,13 @@ public:
                         std::vector<Mat*>& inputs, std::vector<Mat>& outputs,
                         std::vector<Mat>& internals);
 
-    InfEngineNgraphNode(std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node>&& _node);
-    InfEngineNgraphNode(const std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node>& _node);
+    InfEngineNgraphNode(ngraph::Output<ngraph::Node>&& _node);
+    InfEngineNgraphNode(const ngraph::Output<ngraph::Node>& _node);
 
     void setName(const std::string& name);
 
     // Inference Engine network object that allows to obtain the outputs of this layer.
-    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> node;
+    ngraph::Output<ngraph::Node> node;
     Ptr<InfEngineNgraphNet> net;
     Ptr<dnn::Layer> cvLayer;
 };
diff --git a/modules/dnn/src/layers/batch_norm_layer.cpp b/modules/dnn/src/layers/batch_norm_layer.cpp
index b90ee934ef..1d95096e60 100644
--- a/modules/dnn/src/layers/batch_norm_layer.cpp
+++ b/modules/dnn/src/layers/batch_norm_layer.cpp
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ public:
     virtual Ptr<BackendNode> initNgraph(const std::vector<Ptr<BackendWrapper> >& inputs, const std::vector<Ptr<BackendNode> >& nodes) CV_OVERRIDE
     {
         auto ieInpNode = nodes[0].dynamicCast<InfEngineNgraphNode>()->node;
-        std::vector<size_t> shape(ieInpNode->get_shape().size(), 1);
+        std::vector<size_t> shape(ieInpNode.get_shape().size(), 1);
         shape[1] = weights_.total();
         auto weight = std::make_shared<ngraph::op::Constant>(ngraph::element::f32, ngraph::Shape(shape), weights_.data);
         auto bias = std::make_shared<ngraph::op::Constant>(ngraph::element::f32, ngraph::Shape(shape), bias_.data);
diff --git a/modules/dnn/src/layers/blank_layer.cpp b/modules/dnn/src/layers/blank_layer.cpp
index 3095e2d6c9..16de23b15e 100644
--- a/modules/dnn/src/layers/blank_layer.cpp
+++ b/modules/dnn/src/layers/blank_layer.cpp
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ public:
     virtual Ptr<BackendNode> initNgraph(const std::vector<Ptr<BackendWrapper> >& inputs,
                                         const std::vector<Ptr<BackendNode> >& nodes) CV_OVERRIDE
     {
-        auto& ieInpNode = nodes[0].dynamicCast<InfEngineNgraphNode>()->node;
+        auto ieInpNode = nodes[0].dynamicCast<InfEngineNgraphNode>()->node;
         ngraph::OutputVector inp{ieInpNode};
         auto blank = std::make_shared<ngraph::op::Concat>(inp, 0);
         return Ptr<BackendNode>(new InfEngineNgraphNode(blank));
diff --git a/modules/dnn/src/layers/concat_layer.cpp b/modules/dnn/src/layers/concat_layer.cpp
index 6bd3dcdea5..a5af16f32e 100644
--- a/modules/dnn/src/layers/concat_layer.cpp
+++ b/modules/dnn/src/layers/concat_layer.cpp
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ public:
     virtual Ptr<BackendNode> initNgraph(const std::vector<Ptr<BackendWrapper> >& inputs,
                                         const std::vector<Ptr<BackendNode> >& nodes) CV_OVERRIDE
     {
-        const int numDims = nodes[0].dynamicCast<InfEngineNgraphNode>()->node->get_shape().size();
+        const int numDims = nodes[0].dynamicCast<InfEngineNgraphNode>()->node.get_shape().size();
         const int cAxis = normalize_axis(axis, numDims);
         std::vector<size_t> maxDims(numDims, 0);
 
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ public:
             auto inp = nodes[i].dynamicCast<InfEngineNgraphNode>()->node;
             inp_nodes.push_back(inp);
 
-            std::vector<size_t> inpShape = inp->get_shape();
+            std::vector<size_t> inpShape = inp.get_shape();
             for (int i = 0; i < numDims; ++i)
                 maxDims[i] = std::max(maxDims[i], inpShape[i]);
         }
diff --git a/modules/dnn/src/layers/convolution_layer.cpp b/modules/dnn/src/layers/convolution_layer.cpp
index 0488dc462d..d6e0aba1c6 100644
--- a/modules/dnn/src/layers/convolution_layer.cpp
+++ b/modules/dnn/src/layers/convolution_layer.cpp
@@ -822,13 +822,13 @@ public:
         CV_Assert(!blobs.empty());
         CV_Assert_N(inputs.size() >= 1, nodes.size() >= 1);
         auto& ieInpNode = nodes[0].dynamicCast<InfEngineNgraphNode>()->node;
-        std::vector<size_t> dims = ieInpNode->get_shape();
+        std::vector<size_t> dims = ieInpNode.get_shape();
         CV_Check(dims.size(), dims.size() >= 3 && dims.size() <= 5, "");
-        std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> ieWeights = nodes.size() > 1 ? nodes[1].dynamicCast<InfEngineNgraphNode>()->node : nullptr;
+        ngraph::Output<ngraph::Node> ieWeights;
         if (nodes.size() > 1)
-            CV_Assert(ieWeights);  // dynamic_cast should not fail
+            ieWeights = nodes[1].dynamicCast<InfEngineNgraphNode>()->node;
         const int inpCn = dims[1];
-        const int inpGroupCn = nodes.size() > 1 ? ieWeights->get_shape()[1] : blobs[0].size[1];
+        const int inpGroupCn = nodes.size() > 1 ? ieWeights.get_shape()[1] : blobs[0].size[1];
         const int group = inpCn / inpGroupCn;
 
         std::vector<size_t> kernel_shape;
diff --git a/modules/dnn/src/layers/crop_and_resize_layer.cpp b/modules/dnn/src/layers/crop_and_resize_layer.cpp
index eb8822870f..a6f58f8983 100644
--- a/modules/dnn/src/layers/crop_and_resize_layer.cpp
+++ b/modules/dnn/src/layers/crop_and_resize_layer.cpp
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ public:
         auto input = nodes[0].dynamicCast<InfEngineNgraphNode>()->node;
         auto rois = nodes[1].dynamicCast<InfEngineNgraphNode>()->node;
 
-        auto rois_shape = rois->get_shape();
+        auto rois_shape = rois.get_shape();
         std::vector<int64_t> dims(rois_shape.begin(), rois_shape.end()), offsets(4, 0);
         offsets[3] = 2;
         dims[3] = 7;
diff --git a/modules/dnn/src/layers/elementwise_layers.cpp b/modules/dnn/src/layers/elementwise_layers.cpp
index 3bcd53f95c..4247511879 100644
--- a/modules/dnn/src/layers/elementwise_layers.cpp
+++ b/modules/dnn/src/layers/elementwise_layers.cpp
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ struct ReLUFunctor : public BaseFunctor
 #endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_DNN_NGRAPH
-    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> initNgraphAPI(const std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node>& node)
+    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> initNgraphAPI(const ngraph::Output<ngraph::Node>& node)
     {
         if (slope) {
             auto param = std::make_shared<ngraph::op::Constant>(ngraph::element::f32, ngraph::Shape{1}, &slope);
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ struct ReLU6Functor : public BaseFunctor
 
 
 #ifdef HAVE_DNN_NGRAPH
-    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> initNgraphAPI(const std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node>& node)
+    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> initNgraphAPI(const ngraph::Output<ngraph::Node>& node)
     {
         return std::make_shared<ngraph::op::Clamp>(node, minValue, maxValue);
     }
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ struct BaseDefaultFunctor : public BaseFunctor
 #endif // HAVE_CANN
 
 #ifdef HAVE_DNN_NGRAPH
-    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> initNgraphAPI(const std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node>& node)
+    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> initNgraphAPI(const ngraph::Output<ngraph::Node>& node)
     {
         CV_Error(Error::StsNotImplemented, "");
     }
@@ -929,7 +929,7 @@ struct TanHFunctor : public BaseDefaultFunctor<TanHFunctor>
 #endif // HAVE_CANN
 
 #ifdef HAVE_DNN_NGRAPH
-    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> initNgraphAPI(const std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node>& node)
+    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> initNgraphAPI(const ngraph::Output<ngraph::Node>& node)
     {
         return std::make_shared<ngraph::op::Tanh>(node);
     }
@@ -998,7 +998,7 @@ struct SwishFunctor : public BaseDefaultFunctor<SwishFunctor>
 #endif // HAVE_CANN
 
 #ifdef HAVE_DNN_NGRAPH
-    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> initNgraphAPI(const std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node>& node)
+    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> initNgraphAPI(const ngraph::Output<ngraph::Node>& node)
     {
         auto sigmoid = std::make_shared<ngraph::op::Sigmoid>(node);
         return std::make_shared<ngraph::op::v1::Multiply>(node, sigmoid);
@@ -1074,7 +1074,7 @@ struct MishFunctor : public BaseDefaultFunctor<MishFunctor>
 #endif // HAVE_CANN
 
 #ifdef HAVE_DNN_NGRAPH
-    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> initNgraphAPI(const std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node>& node)
+    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> initNgraphAPI(const ngraph::Output<ngraph::Node>& node)
     {
         float one = 1.0f;
         auto constant = std::make_shared<ngraph::op::Constant>(ngraph::element::f32, ngraph::Shape{1}, &one);
@@ -1157,7 +1157,7 @@ struct SigmoidFunctor : public BaseDefaultFunctor<SigmoidFunctor>
 #endif // HAVE_CANN
 
 #ifdef HAVE_DNN_NGRAPH
-    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> initNgraphAPI(const std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node>& node)
+    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> initNgraphAPI(const ngraph::Output<ngraph::Node>& node)
     {
         return std::make_shared<ngraph::op::Sigmoid>(node);
     }
@@ -1237,7 +1237,7 @@ struct ELUFunctor : public BaseDefaultFunctor<ELUFunctor>
 #endif // HAVE_CANN
 
 #ifdef HAVE_DNN_NGRAPH
-    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> initNgraphAPI(const std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node>& node)
+    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> initNgraphAPI(const ngraph::Output<ngraph::Node>& node)
     {
         return std::make_shared<ngraph::op::Elu>(node, alpha);
     }
@@ -1307,7 +1307,7 @@ struct AbsValFunctor : public BaseDefaultFunctor<AbsValFunctor>
 #endif // HAVE_CANN
 
 #ifdef HAVE_DNN_NGRAPH
-    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> initNgraphAPI(const std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node>& node)
+    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> initNgraphAPI(const ngraph::Output<ngraph::Node>& node)
     {
         float coeff = -0.999999f;
         // float coeff = preferableTarget == DNN_TARGET_MYRIAD ? -0.999f : -0.999999f;
@@ -1603,7 +1603,7 @@ struct SqrtFunctor : public BaseDefaultFunctor<SqrtFunctor>
 #endif  // HAVE_HALIDE
 
 #ifdef HAVE_DNN_NGRAPH
-    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> initNgraphAPI(const std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node>& node)
+    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> initNgraphAPI(const ngraph::Output<ngraph::Node>& node)
     {
         return std::make_shared<ngraph::op::v0::Sqrt>(node);
     }
@@ -2329,7 +2329,7 @@ struct PowerFunctor : public BaseFunctor
 #endif // HAVE_CANN
 
 #ifdef HAVE_DNN_NGRAPH
-    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> initNgraphAPI(const std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node>& node)
+    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> initNgraphAPI(const ngraph::Output<ngraph::Node>& node)
     {
         auto scale_node = std::make_shared<ngraph::op::Constant>(ngraph::element::f32,
                                                                  ngraph::Shape{1}, &scale);
@@ -2439,7 +2439,7 @@ struct ExpFunctor : public BaseDefaultFunctor<ExpFunctor>
 #endif  // HAVE_HALIDE
 
 #ifdef HAVE_DNN_NGRAPH
-    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> initNgraphAPI(const std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node>& node)
+    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> initNgraphAPI(const ngraph::Output<ngraph::Node>& node)
     {
         auto scale_node = std::make_shared<ngraph::op::Constant>(ngraph::element::f32,
                                                                  ngraph::Shape{1}, &normScale);
@@ -2598,7 +2598,7 @@ struct ChannelsPReLUFunctor : public BaseFunctor
 #endif // HAVE_CANN
 
 #ifdef HAVE_DNN_NGRAPH
-    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> initNgraphAPI(const std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node>& node)
+    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> initNgraphAPI(const ngraph::Output<ngraph::Node>& node)
     {
         const size_t numChannels = scale.total();
         auto slope = std::make_shared<ngraph::op::Constant>(ngraph::element::f32, ngraph::Shape{numChannels}, scale.data);
@@ -2678,7 +2678,7 @@ struct PReLUFunctor : public ChannelsPReLUFunctor
     }
 
 #ifdef HAVE_DNN_NGRAPH
-    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> initNgraphAPI(const std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node>& node)
+    std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> initNgraphAPI(const ngraph::Output<ngraph::Node>& node)
     {
         auto shape = getShape<size_t>(scale);
         auto slope = std::make_shared<ngraph::op::Constant>(ngraph::element::f32, shape, scale.ptr<float>());
diff --git a/modules/dnn/src/layers/eltwise_layer.cpp b/modules/dnn/src/layers/eltwise_layer.cpp
index 8ed1b799eb..49b3c02de3 100644
--- a/modules/dnn/src/layers/eltwise_layer.cpp
+++ b/modules/dnn/src/layers/eltwise_layer.cpp
@@ -896,12 +896,14 @@ public:
     virtual Ptr<BackendNode> initNgraph(const std::vector<Ptr<BackendWrapper> >& inputs,
                                         const std::vector<Ptr<BackendNode> >& nodes) CV_OVERRIDE
     {
+        CV_Assert(nodes.size() >= 2);
         auto curr_node = nodes[0].dynamicCast<InfEngineNgraphNode>()->node;
         if (!coeffs.empty()) {
             auto coeff = std::make_shared<ngraph::op::Constant>(ngraph::element::f32, ngraph::Shape{1}, &coeffs[0]);
             curr_node = std::make_shared<ngraph::op::v1::Multiply>(curr_node, coeff, ngraph::op::AutoBroadcastType::NUMPY);
         }
 
+        std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> res;
         for (size_t i = 1; i < nodes.size(); i++)
         {
             auto next_node = nodes[i].dynamicCast<InfEngineNgraphNode>()->node;
@@ -910,15 +912,16 @@ public:
                 next_node = std::make_shared<ngraph::op::v1::Multiply>(next_node, coeff, ngraph::op::AutoBroadcastType::NUMPY);
             }
             switch (op) {
-                case SUM:  curr_node = std::make_shared<ngraph::op::v1::Add>(curr_node, next_node); break;
-                case PROD: curr_node = std::make_shared<ngraph::op::v1::Multiply>(curr_node, next_node); break;
-                case DIV:  curr_node = std::make_shared<ngraph::op::v1::Divide>(curr_node, next_node); break;
-                case MAX:  curr_node = std::make_shared<ngraph::op::v1::Maximum>(curr_node, next_node); break;
-                case MIN:  curr_node = std::make_shared<ngraph::op::v1::Minimum>(curr_node, next_node); break;
+                case SUM:  res = std::make_shared<ngraph::op::v1::Add>(curr_node, next_node); break;
+                case PROD: res = std::make_shared<ngraph::op::v1::Multiply>(curr_node, next_node); break;
+                case DIV:  res = std::make_shared<ngraph::op::v1::Divide>(curr_node, next_node); break;
+                case MAX:  res = std::make_shared<ngraph::op::v1::Maximum>(curr_node, next_node); break;
+                case MIN:  res = std::make_shared<ngraph::op::v1::Minimum>(curr_node, next_node); break;
                 default: CV_Error(Error::StsNotImplemented, "Unsupported eltwise operation");
             }
+            curr_node = res;
         }
-        return Ptr<BackendNode>(new InfEngineNgraphNode(curr_node));
+        return Ptr<BackendNode>(new InfEngineNgraphNode(res));
     }
 #endif  // HAVE_DNN_NGRAPH
 
diff --git a/modules/dnn/src/layers/flatten_layer.cpp b/modules/dnn/src/layers/flatten_layer.cpp
index 6a502af7e9..9ff3bec38b 100644
--- a/modules/dnn/src/layers/flatten_layer.cpp
+++ b/modules/dnn/src/layers/flatten_layer.cpp
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ public:
                                         const std::vector<Ptr<BackendNode> >& nodes) CV_OVERRIDE
     {
         auto& ieInpNode = nodes[0].dynamicCast<InfEngineNgraphNode>()->node;
-        std::vector<size_t> dims = ieInpNode->get_shape();
+        std::vector<size_t> dims = ieInpNode.get_shape();
 
         int numAxes = dims.size();
         int startAxis = normalize_axis(_startAxis, numAxes);
diff --git a/modules/dnn/src/layers/fully_connected_layer.cpp b/modules/dnn/src/layers/fully_connected_layer.cpp
index 9cdb31023c..f03af7c1fb 100644
--- a/modules/dnn/src/layers/fully_connected_layer.cpp
+++ b/modules/dnn/src/layers/fully_connected_layer.cpp
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ public:
         }
         else
         {
-            std::vector<int> shape(1 + normalize_axis(axis, ieInpNode->get_shape().size()), 0);
+            std::vector<int> shape(1 + normalize_axis(axis, ieInpNode.get_shape().size()), 0);
             shape[shape.size() - 1] = -1;
             auto inp = std::make_shared<ngraph::op::v1::Reshape>(
                 ieInpNode,
diff --git a/modules/dnn/src/layers/lrn_layer.cpp b/modules/dnn/src/layers/lrn_layer.cpp
index 61c2224e36..f8de64cb32 100644
--- a/modules/dnn/src/layers/lrn_layer.cpp
+++ b/modules/dnn/src/layers/lrn_layer.cpp
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ public:
         if (type != SPATIAL_NRM) {
             axes = {1};
         } else {
-            axes.resize(ieInpNode->get_shape().size() - 2);
+            axes.resize(ieInpNode.get_shape().size() - 2);
             std::iota(axes.begin(), axes.end(), 2);
         }
         auto ngraph_axes = std::make_shared<ngraph::op::Constant>(ngraph::element::i64, ngraph::Shape{axes.size()}, axes.data());
diff --git a/modules/dnn/src/layers/max_unpooling_layer.cpp b/modules/dnn/src/layers/max_unpooling_layer.cpp
index 6a599408e1..7ed6c64ae8 100644
--- a/modules/dnn/src/layers/max_unpooling_layer.cpp
+++ b/modules/dnn/src/layers/max_unpooling_layer.cpp
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ public:
         std::vector<MatShape> inpShapes(nodes.size());
         std::vector<MatShape> outShapes, internals;
         for (int i = 0; i < nodes.size(); ++i) {
-            std::vector<size_t> shape = nodes[i].dynamicCast<InfEngineNgraphNode>()->node->get_shape();
+            std::vector<size_t> shape = nodes[i].dynamicCast<InfEngineNgraphNode>()->node.get_shape();
             inpShapes[i] = std::vector<int>(shape.begin(), shape.end());
         }
         getMemoryShapes(inpShapes, 1, outShapes, internals);
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ public:
             std::make_shared<ngraph::op::Constant>(ngraph::element::i32, ngraph::Shape{1}, &newShape),
             true
         );
-        if (indices->get_element_type() != ngraph::element::i32 && indices->get_element_type() != ngraph::element::i64) {
+        if (indices.get_element_type() != ngraph::element::i32 && indices.get_element_type() != ngraph::element::i64) {
             indices = std::make_shared<ngraph::op::Convert>(indices, ngraph::element::i64);
         }
 
diff --git a/modules/dnn/src/layers/mvn_layer.cpp b/modules/dnn/src/layers/mvn_layer.cpp
index dc23656b7a..aae53fa327 100644
--- a/modules/dnn/src/layers/mvn_layer.cpp
+++ b/modules/dnn/src/layers/mvn_layer.cpp
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ public:
         auto mvn = std::make_shared<ngraph::op::MVN>(ieInpNode, acrossChannels, normVariance, eps);
 #else
         int64_t start_axis = acrossChannels ? 1 : 2;
-        std::vector<int64_t> axes_v(ieInpNode->get_shape().size() - start_axis);
+        std::vector<int64_t> axes_v(ieInpNode.get_shape().size() - start_axis);
         std::iota(axes_v.begin(), axes_v.end(), start_axis);
         auto axes = std::make_shared<ngraph::op::Constant>(ngraph::element::i64, ngraph::Shape{axes_v.size()}, axes_v.data());
         auto mvn = std::make_shared<ngraph::op::v6::MVN>(ieInpNode, axes, normVariance, eps, ngraph::op::MVNEpsMode::INSIDE_SQRT);
diff --git a/modules/dnn/src/layers/nary_eltwise_layers.cpp b/modules/dnn/src/layers/nary_eltwise_layers.cpp
index fadbf58244..8572eee995 100644
--- a/modules/dnn/src/layers/nary_eltwise_layers.cpp
+++ b/modules/dnn/src/layers/nary_eltwise_layers.cpp
@@ -900,12 +900,12 @@ public:
         auto& inp0 = nodes[0].dynamicCast<InfEngineNgraphNode>()->node;
         auto& inp1 = nodes[1].dynamicCast<InfEngineNgraphNode>()->node;
 
-        if (inp0->get_element_type() != inp1->get_element_type()) {
+        if (inp0.get_element_type() != inp1.get_element_type()) {
             auto dtype = preferableTarget == DNN_TARGET_OPENCL_FP16 || preferableTarget == DNN_TARGET_MYRIAD ?
                         ngraph::element::f16 : ngraph::element::f32;
-            if (inp0->get_element_type() != dtype)
+            if (inp0.get_element_type() != dtype)
                 inp0 = std::make_shared<ngraph::op::v0::Convert>(inp0, dtype);
-            if (inp1->get_element_type() != dtype)
+            if (inp1.get_element_type() != dtype)
                 inp1 = std::make_shared<ngraph::op::v0::Convert>(inp1, dtype);
         }
 
diff --git a/modules/dnn/src/layers/normalize_bbox_layer.cpp b/modules/dnn/src/layers/normalize_bbox_layer.cpp
index f0ad6e6f61..431eeab82d 100644
--- a/modules/dnn/src/layers/normalize_bbox_layer.cpp
+++ b/modules/dnn/src/layers/normalize_bbox_layer.cpp
@@ -273,21 +273,21 @@ public:
                                         const std::vector<Ptr<BackendNode> >& nodes) CV_OVERRIDE
     {
         auto& ieInpNode = nodes[0].dynamicCast<InfEngineNgraphNode>()->node;
-        const size_t batch = ieInpNode->get_shape()[0];
-        const size_t numChannels = ieInpNode->get_shape()[1];
+        const size_t batch = ieInpNode.get_shape()[0];
+        const size_t numChannels = ieInpNode.get_shape()[1];
 
         std::vector<int64_t> axes_data;
         if (!acrossSpatial) {
             axes_data.push_back(1);
         } else {
-            axes_data.resize(ieInpNode->get_shape().size() - 1);
+            axes_data.resize(ieInpNode.get_shape().size() - 1);
             std::iota(axes_data.begin(), axes_data.end(), 1);
         }
         auto axes = std::make_shared<ngraph::op::Constant>(ngraph::element::i64, ngraph::Shape{axes_data.size()}, axes_data);
         auto norm = std::make_shared<ngraph::op::v0::NormalizeL2>(ieInpNode, axes, epsilon, ngraph::op::EpsMode::ADD);
 
         CV_Assert(blobs.empty() || numChannels == blobs[0].total());
-        std::vector<size_t> shape(ieInpNode->get_shape().size(), 1);
+        std::vector<size_t> shape(ieInpNode.get_shape().size(), 1);
         shape[0] = blobs.empty() ? 1 : batch;
         shape[1] = numChannels;
         if (!blobs.empty())
diff --git a/modules/dnn/src/layers/pooling_layer.cpp b/modules/dnn/src/layers/pooling_layer.cpp
index 1337657127..a75382d8a5 100644
--- a/modules/dnn/src/layers/pooling_layer.cpp
+++ b/modules/dnn/src/layers/pooling_layer.cpp
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ public:
             return Ptr<BackendNode>(new InfEngineNgraphNode(ave_pool));
         }
         else if (type == SUM) {
-            ngraph::Shape inpShape = ieInpNode->get_shape();
+            ngraph::Shape inpShape = ieInpNode.get_shape();
             CV_Assert(inpShape.size() == 2 + kernel_size.size());
             std::vector<int64_t> axes;
             for (size_t i = 0; i < kernel_size.size(); i++)
diff --git a/modules/dnn/src/layers/proposal_layer.cpp b/modules/dnn/src/layers/proposal_layer.cpp
index e9edcf1547..2f2a33cc6f 100644
--- a/modules/dnn/src/layers/proposal_layer.cpp
+++ b/modules/dnn/src/layers/proposal_layer.cpp
@@ -366,10 +366,10 @@ public:
         auto& class_logits = nodes[1].dynamicCast<InfEngineNgraphNode>()->node;
         auto& image_shape  = nodes[2].dynamicCast<InfEngineNgraphNode>()->node;
 
-        CV_Assert_N(image_shape->get_shape().size() == 2, image_shape->get_shape().front() == 1);
+        CV_Assert_N(image_shape.get_shape().size() == 2, image_shape.get_shape().front() == 1);
         auto shape   = std::make_shared<ngraph::op::Constant>(ngraph::element::i64,
                        ngraph::Shape{1},
-                       std::vector<int64_t>{(int64_t)image_shape->get_shape().back()});
+                       std::vector<int64_t>{(int64_t)image_shape.get_shape().back()});
         auto reshape = std::make_shared<ngraph::op::v1::Reshape>(image_shape, shape, true);
 
         auto proposal = std::make_shared<ngraph::op::Proposal>(class_probs, class_logits, reshape, attr);
diff --git a/modules/dnn/src/layers/region_layer.cpp b/modules/dnn/src/layers/region_layer.cpp
index 7ab8cdd93f..49952b4c83 100644
--- a/modules/dnn/src/layers/region_layer.cpp
+++ b/modules/dnn/src/layers/region_layer.cpp
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ public:
                                         const std::vector<Ptr<BackendNode> >& nodes) CV_OVERRIDE
     {
         auto& input = nodes[0].dynamicCast<InfEngineNgraphNode>()->node;
-        auto parent_shape = input->get_shape();
+        auto parent_shape = input.get_shape();
         int64_t b = parent_shape[0];
         int64_t h = parent_shape[1];
         int64_t w = parent_shape[2];
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ public:
             int hNorm, wNorm;
             if (nodes.size() > 1)
             {
-                auto node_1_shape = nodes[1].dynamicCast<InfEngineNgraphNode>()->node->get_shape();
+                auto node_1_shape = nodes[1].dynamicCast<InfEngineNgraphNode>()->node.get_shape();
                 hNorm = node_1_shape[2];
                 wNorm = node_1_shape[3];
             }
diff --git a/modules/dnn/src/layers/resize_layer.cpp b/modules/dnn/src/layers/resize_layer.cpp
index 607adb8aa1..fe27748319 100644
--- a/modules/dnn/src/layers/resize_layer.cpp
+++ b/modules/dnn/src/layers/resize_layer.cpp
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ public:
         std::vector<int64_t> shape = {outHeight, outWidth};
         auto out_shape = std::make_shared<ngraph::op::Constant>(ngraph::element::i64, ngraph::Shape{2}, shape.data());
 
-        auto& input_shape = ieInpNode->get_shape();
+        auto& input_shape = ieInpNode.get_shape();
         CV_Assert_N(input_shape[2] != 0, input_shape[3] != 0);
         std::vector<float> scales = {static_cast<float>(outHeight) / input_shape[2], static_cast<float>(outWidth) / input_shape[3]};
         auto scales_shape = std::make_shared<ngraph::op::Constant>(ngraph::element::f32, ngraph::Shape{2}, scales.data());
diff --git a/modules/dnn/src/layers/scale_layer.cpp b/modules/dnn/src/layers/scale_layer.cpp
index 5338ab2215..2a4e1a05d5 100644
--- a/modules/dnn/src/layers/scale_layer.cpp
+++ b/modules/dnn/src/layers/scale_layer.cpp
@@ -331,34 +331,36 @@ public:
     virtual Ptr<BackendNode> initNgraph(const std::vector<Ptr<BackendWrapper> >& inputs, const std::vector<Ptr<BackendNode> >& nodes) CV_OVERRIDE
     {
         auto ieInpNode0 = nodes[0].dynamicCast<InfEngineNgraphNode>()->node;
-        auto ieInpNode1 = nodes.size() > 1 ? nodes[1].dynamicCast<InfEngineNgraphNode>()->node : nullptr;
+        ngraph::Output<ngraph::Node> ieInpNode1;
+        if (nodes.size() > 1)
+            ieInpNode1 = nodes[1].dynamicCast<InfEngineNgraphNode>()->node;
 
         size_t numChannels = 1;
         if (blobs.empty())
-            for (const size_t& dim : ieInpNode1->get_shape())
+            for (const size_t& dim : ieInpNode1.get_shape())
                 numChannels *= dim;
         else
             numChannels = blobs[0].total();
 
-        std::vector<size_t> shape(ieInpNode0->get_shape().size(), 1);
+        std::vector<size_t> shape(ieInpNode0.get_shape().size(), 1);
         int cAxis = normalize_axis(axis, shape.size());
         shape[cAxis] = numChannels;
 
-        auto node = ieInpNode0;
+        std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> node;
         if (hasWeights)
         {
-            auto weight = blobs.empty() ? ieInpNode1 :
+            ngraph::Output<ngraph::Node> weight = blobs.empty() ? ieInpNode1 :
                           std::make_shared<ngraph::op::Constant>(ngraph::element::f32, ngraph::Shape(shape), blobs[0].data);
 
 #if INF_ENGINE_VER_MAJOR_GT(INF_ENGINE_RELEASE_2021_2)
-            node = std::make_shared<ngraph::op::v1::Multiply>(node, weight, ngraph::op::AutoBroadcastType::NUMPY);
+            node = std::make_shared<ngraph::op::v1::Multiply>(ieInpNode0, weight, ngraph::op::AutoBroadcastType::NUMPY);
 #else
-            node = std::make_shared<ngraph::op::v0::Multiply>(node, weight, ngraph::op::AutoBroadcastType::NUMPY);
+            node = std::make_shared<ngraph::op::v0::Multiply>(ieInpNode0, weight, ngraph::op::AutoBroadcastType::NUMPY);
 #endif
         }
         if (hasBias || !hasWeights)
         {
-            std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node> bias;
+            ngraph::Output<ngraph::Node> bias;
             if (hasBias)
             {
                 bias = blobs.empty() ? ieInpNode1 :
diff --git a/modules/dnn/src/layers/slice_layer.cpp b/modules/dnn/src/layers/slice_layer.cpp
index d3675e23a5..c44d18182e 100644
--- a/modules/dnn/src/layers/slice_layer.cpp
+++ b/modules/dnn/src/layers/slice_layer.cpp
@@ -759,7 +759,7 @@ public:
     {
         CV_Assert_N(nodes.size() <= 2);
         auto& ieInpNode = nodes[0].dynamicCast<InfEngineNgraphNode>()->node;
-        CV_Assert(finalSliceRanges[0].size() == ieInpNode->get_shape().size());
+        CV_Assert(finalSliceRanges[0].size() == ieInpNode.get_shape().size());
 
         std::vector<int64_t> offsets, dims;
         for (int i = 0; i < finalSliceRanges[0].size(); ++i)
diff --git a/modules/dnn/src/layers/softmax_layer.cpp b/modules/dnn/src/layers/softmax_layer.cpp
index b74f2b6791..faab6a565f 100644
--- a/modules/dnn/src/layers/softmax_layer.cpp
+++ b/modules/dnn/src/layers/softmax_layer.cpp
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ public:
                                         const std::vector<Ptr<BackendNode> >& nodes) CV_OVERRIDE
     {
         auto& ieInpNode = nodes[0].dynamicCast<InfEngineNgraphNode>()->node;
-        int axis = normalize_axis(axisRaw, ieInpNode->get_shape().size());
+        int axis = normalize_axis(axisRaw, ieInpNode.get_shape().size());
         auto softmax = std::make_shared<ngraph::op::v1::Softmax>(ieInpNode, axis);
         if (logSoftMax)
             return Ptr<BackendNode>(new InfEngineNgraphNode(std::make_shared<ngraph::op::v0::Log>(softmax)));
diff --git a/modules/dnn/src/net_openvino.cpp b/modules/dnn/src/net_openvino.cpp
index e974ce34a3..4d08edeaaa 100644
--- a/modules/dnn/src/net_openvino.cpp
+++ b/modules/dnn/src/net_openvino.cpp
@@ -321,8 +321,10 @@ void NetImplOpenVINO::initBackend(const std::vector<LayerPin>& blobsToKeep_)
         return;
     }
 
+#if INF_ENGINE_VER_MAJOR_LT(INF_ENGINE_RELEASE_2022_1)
     bool supportsCPUFallback = !isArmComputePlugin() && (preferableTarget == DNN_TARGET_CPU ||
                                openvino::checkTarget(DNN_TARGET_CPU));
+#endif
 
     // Build Inference Engine networks from sets of layers that support this
     // backend. Split a whole model on several Inference Engine networks if
@@ -341,6 +343,10 @@ void NetImplOpenVINO::initBackend(const std::vector<LayerPin>& blobsToKeep_)
 
         bool fused = ld.skip;
         Ptr<Layer> layer = ld.layerInstance;
+#if INF_ENGINE_VER_MAJOR_GE(INF_ENGINE_RELEASE_2022_1)
+        if (ld.id == 0)
+            continue;
+#else
         if (!fused && !layer->supportBackend(preferableBackend))
         {
             CV_LOG_DEBUG(NULL, "DNN/IE:    NOT supported!");
@@ -355,17 +361,6 @@ void NetImplOpenVINO::initBackend(const std::vector<LayerPin>& blobsToKeep_)
                 }
             }
 
-            // TODO: fix these workarounds
-            if (preferableTarget == DNN_TARGET_MYRIAD ||
-                preferableTarget == DNN_TARGET_HDDL ||
-                preferableTarget == DNN_TARGET_OPENCL ||
-                preferableTarget == DNN_TARGET_OPENCL_FP16)
-                customizable &= ld.type != "Concat";
-
-            if (preferableTarget == DNN_TARGET_OPENCL ||
-                preferableTarget == DNN_TARGET_OPENCL_FP16)
-                customizable &= ld.type != "Power";
-
             if (preferableTarget == DNN_TARGET_OPENCL)
                 customizable &= ld.type != "Eltwise";
 
@@ -390,6 +385,7 @@ void NetImplOpenVINO::initBackend(const std::vector<LayerPin>& blobsToKeep_)
                 continue;
             }
         }
+#endif
         ld.skip = true;  // Initially skip all Inference Engine supported layers.
 
         // Create a new network if one of inputs from different Inference Engine graph.
@@ -478,7 +474,7 @@ void NetImplOpenVINO::initBackend(const std::vector<LayerPin>& blobsToKeep_)
                 int oid = ld.inputBlobsId[i].oid;
 
                 auto ieInpNode = inputNodes[i].dynamicCast<InfEngineNgraphNode>();
-                const auto& ngraph_input_node = ieInpNode->node;
+                const auto& ngraph_input_node = ieInpNode->node.get_node_shared_ptr();
                 CV_LOG_DEBUG(NULL, "DNN/IE: bind output port " << lid << ":" << oid << " (" << ngraph_input_node->get_friendly_name() << ":" << ngraph_input_node->get_type_info().name << ")");
 
                 if ((oid == 0 && ngraph_input_node->get_output_size() == 1) || lid == 0)
@@ -498,10 +494,7 @@ void NetImplOpenVINO::initBackend(const std::vector<LayerPin>& blobsToKeep_)
                 }
                 CV_CheckLT((size_t)oid, ngraph_input_node->get_output_size(), "");
 #if INF_ENGINE_VER_MAJOR_GT(INF_ENGINE_RELEASE_2020_4)
-                // FIXIT refactor ".initNgraph()" API to use Output<Node>
-                // WA: use Concat to emulate Identity operation with requested output port
-                auto oid_node = std::make_shared<ngraph::op::Concat>(ngraph::OutputVector { ngraph_input_node->output(oid) }, 0);
-                inputNodes[i] = Ptr<BackendNode>(new InfEngineNgraphNode(oid_node));
+                inputNodes[i] = new InfEngineNgraphNode(ngraph_input_node->output(oid));
 #elif INF_ENGINE_VER_MAJOR_GT(INF_ENGINE_RELEASE_2020_3)
                 inputNodes[i] = Ptr<BackendNode>(new InfEngineNgraphNode(ieInpNode->node->get_output_as_single_output_node(oid)));
 #else
@@ -556,6 +549,36 @@ void NetImplOpenVINO::initBackend(const std::vector<LayerPin>& blobsToKeep_)
         addNgraphOutputs(ld);
     }
 
+    // User may choose to return only intermediate blobs but not network's result (see Test_TFLite.max_unpooling)
+    // Such layers should not be skipped when forwardLayer is called.
+    // Also, perform a sanity check that there is no double inferred networks (a single skip=false per unique net instance)
+    std::set<Ptr<InfEngineNgraphNet>> uniqueNets;
+    if (!blobsToKeep_.empty())
+    {
+        LayerPin latestLayerPin = getLatestLayerPin(blobsToKeep_);
+        for (MapIdToLayerData::iterator it = layers.begin(); it != layers.end(); ++it)
+        {
+            LayerData& ld = it->second;
+            auto iter = ld.backendNodes.find(preferableBackend);
+            if (iter == ld.backendNodes.end())
+                continue;
+
+            Ptr<BackendNode>& node = iter->second;
+            if (node.empty())
+                continue;
+
+            Ptr<InfEngineNgraphNode> ieNode = node.dynamicCast<InfEngineNgraphNode>();
+            if (ieNode.empty())
+                continue;
+
+            if (ld.id == latestLayerPin.lid) {
+                ld.skip = false;
+                uniqueNets.insert(ieNode->net);
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     // Initialize all networks.
     for (MapIdToLayerData::reverse_iterator it = layers.rbegin(); it != layers.rend(); ++it)
     {
@@ -578,9 +601,15 @@ void NetImplOpenVINO::initBackend(const std::vector<LayerPin>& blobsToKeep_)
         {
             ieNode->net->addOutput(ieNode);
             ieNode->net->createNet((Target)preferableTarget);
-            ld.skip = false;
+            if (uniqueNets.find(ieNode->net) == uniqueNets.end()) {
+                ld.skip = false;
+                uniqueNets.insert(ieNode->net);
+            }
         }
     }
+#if INF_ENGINE_VER_MAJOR_GE(INF_ENGINE_RELEASE_2022_1)
+    CV_Assert(uniqueNets.size() == 1);
+#endif
 }
 
 
diff --git a/modules/dnn/test/test_halide_layers.cpp b/modules/dnn/test/test_halide_layers.cpp
index 3629f720fb..12e62c754a 100644
--- a/modules/dnn/test/test_halide_layers.cpp
+++ b/modules/dnn/test/test_halide_layers.cpp
@@ -425,6 +425,13 @@ TEST_P(FullyConnected, Accuracy)
         applyTestTag(CV_TEST_TAG_DNN_SKIP_IE_MYRIAD_X);
     }
 #endif
+    // https://github.com/openvinotoolkit/openvino/issues/19436
+    if (backendId == DNN_BACKEND_INFERENCE_ENGINE_NGRAPH && targetId == DNN_TARGET_OPENCL_FP16 && batch == 16)
+        applyTestTag(CV_TEST_TAG_DNN_SKIP_IE_OPENCL_FP16);
+#if defined(INF_ENGINE_RELEASE) && INF_ENGINE_VER_MAJOR_EQ(2023000000)
+    if (backendId == DNN_BACKEND_INFERENCE_ENGINE_NGRAPH && targetId == DNN_TARGET_OPENCL && batch == 16)
+        applyTestTag(CV_TEST_TAG_DNN_SKIP_IE_OPENCL);
+#endif
 
     Mat weights(outChannels, inChannels * inSize.height * inSize.width, CV_32F);
     randu(weights, -1.0f, 1.0f);
@@ -454,11 +461,13 @@ TEST_P(FullyConnected, Accuracy)
     if (backendId == DNN_BACKEND_INFERENCE_ENGINE_NGRAPH && targetId == DNN_TARGET_OPENCL_FP16)
     {
         l1 = 0.01;
+        if (INF_ENGINE_VER_MAJOR_GE(2023000000))
+            lInf = 0.016;
     }
     if (backendId == DNN_BACKEND_INFERENCE_ENGINE_NGRAPH && targetId == DNN_TARGET_OPENCL)
     {
         l1 = 5e-3;
-        lInf = 7e-3;
+        lInf = INF_ENGINE_VER_MAJOR_GE(2023000000) ? 0.016 : 7e-3;
     }
 #endif
     if (targetId == DNN_TARGET_CUDA_FP16)
diff --git a/modules/dnn/test/test_tflite_importer.cpp b/modules/dnn/test/test_tflite_importer.cpp
index beb586f126..4f3a8b4a96 100644
--- a/modules/dnn/test/test_tflite_importer.cpp
+++ b/modules/dnn/test/test_tflite_importer.cpp
@@ -157,14 +157,7 @@ TEST_P(Test_TFLite, max_unpooling)
     net.setInput(input);
 
     std::vector<std::vector<Mat> > outs;
-    if (backend == DNN_BACKEND_INFERENCE_ENGINE_NGRAPH) {
-        // TODO: seems like a bug with a retrieving intermediate tensors
-        net.forward(outs, {"conv2d_transpose_4", "p_re_lu_1", "max_pooling_with_argmax2d", "conv2d_86", "max_unpooling2d_2"});
-        outs.erase(outs.begin());
-    }
-    else {
-        net.forward(outs, {"p_re_lu_1", "max_pooling_with_argmax2d", "conv2d_86", "max_unpooling2d_2"});
-    }
+    net.forward(outs, {"p_re_lu_1", "max_pooling_with_argmax2d", "conv2d_86", "max_unpooling2d_2"});
 
     ASSERT_EQ(outs.size(), 4);
     ASSERT_EQ(outs[0].size(), 1);