diff --git a/src/plugins/auto/plugin.cpp b/src/plugins/auto/plugin.cpp
index d89049b32dc..4a29869d76e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/auto/plugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/auto/plugin.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <ie_metric_helpers.hpp>
 #include <ie_performance_hints.hpp>
 #include <threading/ie_executor_manager.hpp>
+#include "openvino/runtime/properties.hpp"
 #include "plugin.hpp"
 #include <ie_algorithm.hpp>
 #include <ie_icore.hpp>
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ namespace {
                     res.push_back(CONFIG_KEY_INTERNAL(MULTI_WORK_MODE_AS_AUTO));
                     res.push_back(PluginConfigParams::KEY_PERF_COUNT);
                     res.push_back(PluginConfigParams::KEY_EXCLUSIVE_ASYNC_REQUESTS);
-                    res.push_back(MultiDeviceConfigParams::KEY_AUTO_NETWORK_PRIORITY);
+                    res.push_back(ov::hint::model_priority.name());
                     res.push_back(PluginConfigParams::KEY_ALLOW_AUTO_BATCHING);
                     return res;
                 }();
@@ -580,9 +581,18 @@ void MultiDeviceInferencePlugin::CheckConfig(const std::map<std::string, std::st
                    IE_THROW() << "Unsupported config value: " << kvp.second
                               << " for key: " << kvp.first;
                }
-        } else if (kvp.first == MultiDeviceConfigParams::KEY_AUTO_NETWORK_PRIORITY) {
+        } else if (kvp.first == ov::hint::model_priority.name()) {
             try {
-                int priority = std::stoi(kvp.second);
+                int priority = -1;
+                if (kvp.second == "LOW") {
+                    priority = static_cast<int>(ov::hint::ModelPriority::HIGH) - static_cast<int>(ov::hint::ModelPriority::LOW);
+                }
+                if (kvp.second == "MEDIUM") {
+                    priority = static_cast<int>(ov::hint::ModelPriority::HIGH) - static_cast<int>(ov::hint::ModelPriority::MEDIUM);
+                }
+                if (kvp.second == "HIGH") {
+                    priority = static_cast<int>(ov::hint::ModelPriority::HIGH) - static_cast<int>(ov::hint::ModelPriority::HIGH);
+                }
                 if (priority < 0) {
                     IE_THROW() << "Unsupported config value: " << kvp.second
                         << " for key: " << kvp.first;
diff --git a/src/tests/functional/plugin/cpu/shared_tests_instances/behavior/plugin/configuration_tests.cpp b/src/tests/functional/plugin/cpu/shared_tests_instances/behavior/plugin/configuration_tests.cpp
index d69232fade8..34ab973889e 100644
--- a/src/tests/functional/plugin/cpu/shared_tests_instances/behavior/plugin/configuration_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/functional/plugin/cpu/shared_tests_instances/behavior/plugin/configuration_tests.cpp
@@ -97,12 +97,6 @@ namespace {
              {InferenceEngine::PluginConfigParams::KEY_LOG_LEVEL, InferenceEngine::PluginConfigParams::LOG_DEBUG}},
             {{InferenceEngine::MultiDeviceConfigParams::KEY_MULTI_DEVICE_PRIORITIES , CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_CPU},
              {InferenceEngine::PluginConfigParams::KEY_LOG_LEVEL, InferenceEngine::PluginConfigParams::LOG_TRACE}},
-            {{InferenceEngine::MultiDeviceConfigParams::KEY_MULTI_DEVICE_PRIORITIES , CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_CPU},
-                {InferenceEngine::MultiDeviceConfigParams::KEY_AUTO_NETWORK_PRIORITY, "0"}},
-            {{InferenceEngine::MultiDeviceConfigParams::KEY_MULTI_DEVICE_PRIORITIES , CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_CPU},
-                {InferenceEngine::MultiDeviceConfigParams::KEY_AUTO_NETWORK_PRIORITY, "1"}},
-            {{InferenceEngine::MultiDeviceConfigParams::KEY_MULTI_DEVICE_PRIORITIES , CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_CPU},
-                {InferenceEngine::MultiDeviceConfigParams::KEY_AUTO_NETWORK_PRIORITY, "2"}}
     };
 
     INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P(smoke_BehaviorTests, CorrectConfigTests,
@@ -170,10 +164,6 @@ namespace {
                     {InferenceEngine::PluginConfigParams::KEY_CPU_BIND_THREAD, "OFF"}},
             {{InferenceEngine::MultiDeviceConfigParams::KEY_MULTI_DEVICE_PRIORITIES , CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_CPU},
                     {InferenceEngine::PluginConfigParams::KEY_DYN_BATCH_LIMIT, "NAN"}},
-            {{InferenceEngine::MultiDeviceConfigParams::KEY_MULTI_DEVICE_PRIORITIES , CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_CPU},
-                {InferenceEngine::MultiDeviceConfigParams::KEY_AUTO_NETWORK_PRIORITY, "-1"}},
-            {{InferenceEngine::MultiDeviceConfigParams::KEY_MULTI_DEVICE_PRIORITIES , CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_CPU},
-                {InferenceEngine::MultiDeviceConfigParams::KEY_AUTO_NETWORK_PRIORITY, "should be int"}},
             {{InferenceEngine::MultiDeviceConfigParams::KEY_MULTI_DEVICE_PRIORITIES , CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_CPU},
                 {InferenceEngine::PluginConfigParams::KEY_LOG_LEVEL, "NAN"}}
     };
diff --git a/src/tests/functional/plugin/gpu/shared_tests_instances/behavior/plugin/configuration_tests.cpp b/src/tests/functional/plugin/gpu/shared_tests_instances/behavior/plugin/configuration_tests.cpp
index 320ee8dac67..bfc11321fe8 100644
--- a/src/tests/functional/plugin/gpu/shared_tests_instances/behavior/plugin/configuration_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/functional/plugin/gpu/shared_tests_instances/behavior/plugin/configuration_tests.cpp
@@ -68,10 +68,6 @@ namespace {
                     {InferenceEngine::PluginConfigParams::KEY_DEVICE_ID, "DEVICE_UNKNOWN"}},
             {{InferenceEngine::MultiDeviceConfigParams::KEY_MULTI_DEVICE_PRIORITIES , CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_CPU},
                     {InferenceEngine::PluginConfigParams::KEY_LOG_LEVEL, "NAN"}},
-            {{InferenceEngine::MultiDeviceConfigParams::KEY_MULTI_DEVICE_PRIORITIES , CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_GPU},
-                    {InferenceEngine::MultiDeviceConfigParams::KEY_AUTO_NETWORK_PRIORITY, "-1"}},
-            {{InferenceEngine::MultiDeviceConfigParams::KEY_MULTI_DEVICE_PRIORITIES , CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_GPU},
-                    {InferenceEngine::MultiDeviceConfigParams::KEY_AUTO_NETWORK_PRIORITY, "should be int"}},
             {{InferenceEngine::MultiDeviceConfigParams::KEY_MULTI_DEVICE_PRIORITIES ,
                  CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_GPU + std::string(",") + CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_CPU},
                     {InferenceEngine::PluginConfigParams::KEY_PERFORMANCE_HINT, "DOESN'T EXIST"}},
@@ -96,13 +92,7 @@ namespace {
                     {InferenceEngine::PluginConfigParams::KEY_DEVICE_ID, "DEVICE_UNKNOWN"}},
             {{InferenceEngine::MultiDeviceConfigParams::KEY_MULTI_DEVICE_PRIORITIES ,
                  CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_GPU + std::string(",") + CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_CPU},
-                    {InferenceEngine::PluginConfigParams::KEY_LOG_LEVEL, "NAN"}},
-            {{InferenceEngine::MultiDeviceConfigParams::KEY_MULTI_DEVICE_PRIORITIES ,
-                 CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_GPU + std::string(",") + CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_CPU},
-                {InferenceEngine::MultiDeviceConfigParams::KEY_AUTO_NETWORK_PRIORITY, "-1"}},
-            {{InferenceEngine::MultiDeviceConfigParams::KEY_MULTI_DEVICE_PRIORITIES ,
-                 CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_GPU + std::string(",") + CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_CPU},
-                {InferenceEngine::MultiDeviceConfigParams::KEY_AUTO_NETWORK_PRIORITY, "should be int"}}
+                    {InferenceEngine::PluginConfigParams::KEY_LOG_LEVEL, "NAN"}}
     };
 
 
@@ -123,7 +113,7 @@ namespace {
             {{CONFIG_KEY(AUTO_BATCH_DEVICE_CONFIG) , CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_GPU},
                     {InferenceEngine::PluginConfigParams::KEY_TUNING_MODE, "TUNING_UNKNOWN_MODE"}},
             {{CONFIG_KEY(AUTO_BATCH_DEVICE_CONFIG) , CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_GPU},
-                    {InferenceEngine::PluginConfigParams::KEY_DEVICE_ID, "DEVICE_UNKNOWN"}},
+                    {InferenceEngine::PluginConfigParams::KEY_DEVICE_ID, "DEVICE_UNKNOWN"}}
     };
 
 
@@ -192,7 +182,7 @@ namespace {
             {{InferenceEngine::PluginConfigParams::KEY_PERFORMANCE_HINT, InferenceEngine::PluginConfigParams::LATENCY},
              {InferenceEngine::PluginConfigParams::KEY_GPU_THROUGHPUT_STREAMS, "3"}},
             {{InferenceEngine::PluginConfigParams::KEY_PERFORMANCE_HINT, InferenceEngine::PluginConfigParams::THROUGHPUT},
-             {InferenceEngine::GPUConfigParams::KEY_GPU_PLUGIN_THROTTLE, "0"}},
+             {InferenceEngine::GPUConfigParams::KEY_GPU_PLUGIN_THROTTLE, "0"}}
     };
     IE_SUPPRESS_DEPRECATED_END
 
@@ -205,12 +195,6 @@ namespace {
             {{InferenceEngine::MultiDeviceConfigParams::KEY_MULTI_DEVICE_PRIORITIES , CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_GPU},
              {InferenceEngine::PluginConfigParams::KEY_PERFORMANCE_HINT, InferenceEngine::PluginConfigParams::LATENCY},
              {InferenceEngine::PluginConfigParams::KEY_PERFORMANCE_HINT_NUM_REQUESTS, "1"}},
-            {{InferenceEngine::MultiDeviceConfigParams::KEY_MULTI_DEVICE_PRIORITIES , CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_GPU},
-             {InferenceEngine::MultiDeviceConfigParams::KEY_AUTO_NETWORK_PRIORITY, "0"}},
-            {{InferenceEngine::MultiDeviceConfigParams::KEY_MULTI_DEVICE_PRIORITIES , CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_GPU},
-             {InferenceEngine::MultiDeviceConfigParams::KEY_AUTO_NETWORK_PRIORITY, "1"}},
-            {{InferenceEngine::MultiDeviceConfigParams::KEY_MULTI_DEVICE_PRIORITIES , CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_GPU},
-             {InferenceEngine::MultiDeviceConfigParams::KEY_AUTO_NETWORK_PRIORITY, "2"}},
             {{InferenceEngine::MultiDeviceConfigParams::KEY_MULTI_DEVICE_PRIORITIES ,
                  CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_GPU + std::string(",") + CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_CPU},
              {InferenceEngine::PluginConfigParams::KEY_PERFORMANCE_HINT, InferenceEngine::PluginConfigParams::THROUGHPUT}},
@@ -238,16 +222,7 @@ namespace {
              {InferenceEngine::PluginConfigParams::KEY_LOG_LEVEL, InferenceEngine::PluginConfigParams::LOG_DEBUG}},
             {{InferenceEngine::MultiDeviceConfigParams::KEY_MULTI_DEVICE_PRIORITIES ,
                  CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_GPU + std::string(",") + CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_CPU},
-             {InferenceEngine::PluginConfigParams::KEY_LOG_LEVEL, InferenceEngine::PluginConfigParams::LOG_TRACE}},
-            {{InferenceEngine::MultiDeviceConfigParams::KEY_MULTI_DEVICE_PRIORITIES ,
-                 CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_GPU + std::string(",") + CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_CPU},
-             {InferenceEngine::MultiDeviceConfigParams::KEY_AUTO_NETWORK_PRIORITY, "0"}},
-            {{InferenceEngine::MultiDeviceConfigParams::KEY_MULTI_DEVICE_PRIORITIES ,
-                 CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_GPU + std::string(",") + CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_CPU},
-             {InferenceEngine::MultiDeviceConfigParams::KEY_AUTO_NETWORK_PRIORITY, "1"}},
-            {{InferenceEngine::MultiDeviceConfigParams::KEY_MULTI_DEVICE_PRIORITIES ,
-                 CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_GPU + std::string(",") + CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_CPU},
-             {InferenceEngine::MultiDeviceConfigParams::KEY_AUTO_NETWORK_PRIORITY, "2"}}
+             {InferenceEngine::PluginConfigParams::KEY_LOG_LEVEL, InferenceEngine::PluginConfigParams::LOG_TRACE}}
     };
 
     const std::vector<std::map<std::string, std::string>> auto_batch_configs = {
diff --git a/src/tests/functional/plugin/shared/include/behavior/ov_plugin/core_integration.hpp b/src/tests/functional/plugin/shared/include/behavior/ov_plugin/core_integration.hpp
index 2be921f207d..ebe3f552c95 100644
--- a/src/tests/functional/plugin/shared/include/behavior/ov_plugin/core_integration.hpp
+++ b/src/tests/functional/plugin/shared/include/behavior/ov_plugin/core_integration.hpp
@@ -297,6 +297,20 @@ TEST(OVClassBasicTest, smoke_SetConfigHeteroNoThrow) {
     ASSERT_FALSE(value);
 }
 
+TEST(OVClassBasicTest, smoke_SetConfigAutoNoThrows) {
+    ov::Core ie = createCoreWithTemplate();
+    ov::hint::ModelPriority value;
+    OV_ASSERT_NO_THROW(ie.set_property(CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_AUTO, ov::hint::model_priority(ov::hint::ModelPriority::LOW)));
+    OV_ASSERT_NO_THROW(value = ie.get_property(CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_AUTO, ov::hint::model_priority));
+    EXPECT_EQ(value, ov::hint::ModelPriority::LOW);
+    OV_ASSERT_NO_THROW(ie.set_property(CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_AUTO, ov::hint::model_priority(ov::hint::ModelPriority::MEDIUM)));
+    OV_ASSERT_NO_THROW(value = ie.get_property(CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_AUTO, ov::hint::model_priority));
+    EXPECT_EQ(value, ov::hint::ModelPriority::MEDIUM);
+    OV_ASSERT_NO_THROW(ie.set_property(CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_AUTO, ov::hint::model_priority(ov::hint::ModelPriority::HIGH)));
+    OV_ASSERT_NO_THROW(value = ie.get_property(CommonTestUtils::DEVICE_AUTO, ov::hint::model_priority));
+    EXPECT_EQ(value, ov::hint::ModelPriority::HIGH);
+}
+
 TEST_P(OVClassSpecificDeviceTestSetConfig, SetConfigSpecificDeviceNoThrow) {
     ov::Core ie = createCoreWithTemplate();