diff --git a/src/bindings/python/src/compatibility/pyngraph/node.cpp b/src/bindings/python/src/compatibility/pyngraph/node.cpp
index ab8c8e910be..1cf2e632c85 100644
--- a/src/bindings/python/src/compatibility/pyngraph/node.cpp
+++ b/src/bindings/python/src/compatibility/pyngraph/node.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,21 @@ public:
     }
 };
 
+namespace impl {
+py::dict get_attributes(const std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node>& node) {
+    util::DictAttributeSerializer dict_serializer(node);
+    return dict_serializer.get_attributes();
+}
+
+void set_attribute(std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node>& node, const std::string& atr_name, py::object value) {
+    py::dict attr_dict;
+    attr_dict[atr_name.c_str()] = value;
+    std::unordered_map<std::string, std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Variable>> variables;
+    util::DictAttributeDeserializer dict_deserializer(attr_dict, variables);
+    node->visit_attributes(dict_deserializer);
+}
+}  // namespace impl
+
 namespace py = pybind11;
 
 using PyRTMap = ngraph::Node::RTMap;
@@ -289,17 +304,12 @@ void regclass_pyngraph_Node(py::module m) {
     node.def_property_readonly("type_info", &ngraph::Node::get_type_info);
     node.def_property("friendly_name", &ngraph::Node::get_friendly_name, &ngraph::Node::set_friendly_name);
 
-    node.def("get_attributes", [](const std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node>& self) {
-        util::DictAttributeSerializer dict_serializer(self);
-        return dict_serializer.get_attributes();
-    });
-    node.def("set_attribute", [](std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node>& self, const std::string& atr_name, py::object value) {
-        py::dict attr_dict;
-        attr_dict[atr_name.c_str()] = value;
-        std::unordered_map<std::string, std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Variable>> variables;
-        util::DictAttributeDeserializer dict_deserializer(attr_dict, variables);
-        self->visit_attributes(dict_deserializer);
-    });
+    node.def("get_attributes", &impl::get_attributes);
+    node.def("set_attribute", &impl::set_attribute);
+    // for backwards compatibility, this is how this method was named until 2021.4
+    node.def("_get_attributes", &impl::get_attributes);
+    // for backwards compatibility, this is how this method was named until 2021.4
+    node.def("_set_attribute", &impl::set_attribute);
     node.def("set_arguments", [](const std::shared_ptr<ngraph::Node>& self, const ngraph::OutputVector& arguments) {
         return self->set_arguments(arguments);
     });