diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 4b624c6f867..16915b5aa7a 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@
 [submodule "tools/pot/thirdparty/open_model_zoo"]
 	path = tools/pot/thirdparty/open_model_zoo
 	url = https://github.com/openvinotoolkit/open_model_zoo.git
-[submodule "thirdparty/nlohmann_json"]
-	path = thirdparty/nlohmann_json
+[submodule "thirdparty/json/nlohmann_json"]
+	path = thirdparty/json/nlohmann_json
 	url = https://github.com/nlohmann/json.git
+	shallow = true
+[submodule "thirdparty/json/nlohmann_json_schema_validator"]
+	path = thirdparty/json/nlohmann_json_schema_validator
+	url = https://github.com/pboettch/json-schema-validator.git
+	shallow = true
diff --git a/inference-engine/tests/ie_test_utils/common_test_utils/CMakeLists.txt b/inference-engine/tests/ie_test_utils/common_test_utils/CMakeLists.txt
index 009a222e19a..6c9f0148e00 100644
--- a/inference-engine/tests/ie_test_utils/common_test_utils/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/inference-engine/tests/ie_test_utils/common_test_utils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ function(add_common_utils ADD_TARGET_NAME)
     )
 
     # detecting regex support
-    if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS 4.9)
+    if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU" AND CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS 4.9)
         set(USE_BOOST_RE ON)
     endif()
     if (USE_BOOST_RE)
diff --git a/samples/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/CMakeLists.txt
index ec80e6c12ce..333251ffadb 100644
--- a/samples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/samples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ openvino_developer_export_targets(COMPONENT openvino_common TARGETS format_reade
 
 # install C++ samples
 
-ie_cpack_add_component(cpp_samples DEPENDS cpp_samples_deps core)
+ie_cpack_add_component(cpp_samples DEPENDS core_dev)
 
 if(UNIX)
     install(DIRECTORY cpp/
diff --git a/samples/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 6c6d14af94e..ecc9c60edc4 100644
--- a/samples/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/samples/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -119,6 +119,10 @@ if(EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/thirdparty/cnpy")
     add_subdirectory(thirdparty/cnpy EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 endif()
 
+if(EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/thirdparty/json")
+    add_subdirectory(thirdparty/json EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+endif()
+
 if(EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/common/utils")
     add_subdirectory(common/utils)
 endif()
diff --git a/samples/cpp/benchmark_app/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/cpp/benchmark_app/CMakeLists.txt
index a17ebdae0df..0f1ee52bde2 100644
--- a/samples/cpp/benchmark_app/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/samples/cpp/benchmark_app/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ endif()
 find_package(OpenCV COMPONENTS core QUIET)
 if(NOT OpenCV_FOUND)
     message(WARNING "OpenCV is disabled or not found, ${TARGET_NAME} will be built without OpenCV support. Set OpenCV_DIR")
+    target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE nlohmann_json_schema_validator)
 else()
     target_compile_definitions(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE USE_OPENCV)
     target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE opencv_core)
diff --git a/src/common/offline_transformations/CMakeLists.txt b/src/common/offline_transformations/CMakeLists.txt
index bd4c884cb05..36e41831f76 100644
--- a/src/common/offline_transformations/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/common/offline_transformations/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ source_group("include" FILES ${PUBLIC_HEADERS})
 add_library(${TARGET_NAME} STATIC EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL ${LIBRARY_SRC} ${PUBLIC_HEADERS})
 
 target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} PUBLIC ngraph inference_engine_transformations ngraph::reference
+                                            nlohmann_json_schema_validator
                                      PRIVATE openvino::itt pugixml::static)
 
 target_include_directories(${TARGET_NAME} PUBLIC ${PUBLIC_HEADERS_DIR}
diff --git a/thirdparty/CMakeLists.txt b/thirdparty/CMakeLists.txt
index fe0fc93fc80..8737df02196 100644
--- a/thirdparty/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/thirdparty/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -192,27 +192,34 @@ endif()
 # nlohmann json
 #
 
-if(ENABLE_SAMPLES OR ENABLE_OV_PDPD_FRONTEND OR ENABLE_OV_ONNX_FRONTEND OR ENABLE_OV_TF_FRONTEND)
-    add_subdirectory(nlohmann_json EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
-endif()
+add_subdirectory(json)
+
+openvino_developer_export_targets(COMPONENT openvino_common
+                                  TARGETS nlohmann_json nlohmann_json_schema_validator)
+
+ov_install_static_lib(nlohmann_json openvino_common)
+ov_install_static_lib(nlohmann_json_schema_validator openvino_common)
 
 #
 # Install
 #
 
-ie_cpack_add_component(cpp_samples_deps)
-
 install(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/gflags
         DESTINATION "samples/cpp/thirdparty"
-        COMPONENT cpp_samples_deps
+        COMPONENT cpp_samples
         USE_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS)
 
 install(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/zlib
         DESTINATION "samples/cpp/thirdparty"
-        COMPONENT cpp_samples_deps
+        COMPONENT cpp_samples
         USE_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS)
 
 install(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cnpy
         DESTINATION "samples/cpp/thirdparty"
-        COMPONENT cpp_samples_deps
+        COMPONENT cpp_samples
+        USE_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS)
+
+install(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/json
+        DESTINATION "samples/cpp/thirdparty"
+        COMPONENT cpp_samples
         USE_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS)
diff --git a/thirdparty/json/CMakeLists.txt b/thirdparty/json/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..18107b7ef82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thirdparty/json/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2018-2021 Intel Corporation
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+
+# suppress shadowing names warning
+set(JSON_SystemInclude ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+add_subdirectory(nlohmann_json EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+
+set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF)
+set(JSON_VALIDATOR_BUILD_TESTS OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+set(JSON_VALIDATOR_BUILD_EXAMPLES OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+add_subdirectory(nlohmann_json_schema_validator EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+
+set_target_properties(nlohmann_json_schema_validator PROPERTIES FOLDER thirdparty)
+
+# WA for CentOS with gcc < 4.9: override defitions to remove boost usage
+set_property(TARGET nlohmann_json_schema_validator PROPERTY COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "")
+set_property(TARGET nlohmann_json_schema_validator PROPERTY INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES nlohmann_json)
+if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU" AND CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS 4.9)
+    target_compile_definitions(nlohmann_json_schema_validator PRIVATE JSON_SCHEMA_NO_REGEX)
+    target_compile_options(nlohmann_json_schema_validator PRIVATE -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wno-shadow)
+endif()
+
+# WA for nlohmann_json_schema_validator:
+# nlohmann_json must be in the same export set of nlohmann_json_schema_validator targets
+install(TARGETS nlohmann_json EXPORT nlohmann_json_schema_validatorTargets
+        ARCHIVE DESTINATION lib EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
diff --git a/thirdparty/json/nlohmann_json b/thirdparty/json/nlohmann_json
new file mode 160000
index 00000000000..fec56a1a16c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thirdparty/json/nlohmann_json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit fec56a1a16c6e1c1b1f4e116a20e79398282626c
diff --git a/thirdparty/json/nlohmann_json_schema_validator b/thirdparty/json/nlohmann_json_schema_validator
new file mode 160000
index 00000000000..b1ef8628326
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thirdparty/json/nlohmann_json_schema_validator
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit b1ef8628326cf0b53612f12784fd245e5e4382f1
diff --git a/thirdparty/nlohmann_json b/thirdparty/nlohmann_json
deleted file mode 160000
index a09bfa5faa0..00000000000
--- a/thirdparty/nlohmann_json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit a09bfa5faa00da25944b07df131e0f8338d2251e