diff --git a/tests/openvino/conftest.py b/tests/openvino/conftest.py
index 738ba7efc44..b107b3db32a 100644
--- a/tests/openvino/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/openvino/conftest.py
@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@ def data(request):
     return Path(option)
 
 
+@pytest.fixture(name="omz_cache_dir")
+def models(request):
+    option = request.config.getoption("--data")
+    if option is None:
+        return Path(MODELS_PATH)
+    return Path(option)
+
+
 # Custom markers specifying tests to be run only if a specific option
 # is present on the pytest command line must be registered here.
 MARKS_VS_OPTIONS = {**COMMON_SCOPE_MARKS_VS_OPTIONS}
@@ -46,4 +54,6 @@ def pytest_collection_modifyitems(config, items):
 OPENVINO_NATIVE_TEST_ROOT = OPENVINO_TEST_ROOT / "native"
 AC_CONFIGS_DIR = OPENVINO_TEST_ROOT / "data" / "ac_configs"
 OPENVINO_DATASET_DEFINITIONS_PATH = OPENVINO_TEST_ROOT / "data" / "ov_dataset_definitions.yml"
-DATASET_PATH = "~/.cache/nncf/datasets"
+NNCF_CACHE_PATH = Path("~/.cache/nncf")
+DATASET_PATH = NNCF_CACHE_PATH / "datasets"
+MODELS_PATH = NNCF_CACHE_PATH / "models"
diff --git a/tests/openvino/native/quantization/test_fq_params_calculation.py b/tests/openvino/native/quantization/test_fq_params_calculation.py
index 180eb7190c9..3e4ca766e41 100644
--- a/tests/openvino/native/quantization/test_fq_params_calculation.py
+++ b/tests/openvino/native/quantization/test_fq_params_calculation.py
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ def test_overflow_fix_scales(overflow_fix):
     ids=[QuantizationPreset.PERFORMANCE.value, QuantizationPreset.MIXED.value],
 )
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("model_name", OMZ_MODELS)
-def test_omz_models_fq_scales(model_name, preset, inplace_statistics, tmp_path):
-    download_model(model_name, tmp_path)
+def test_omz_models_fq_scales(model_name, preset, inplace_statistics, tmp_path, omz_cache_dir):
+    download_model(model_name, tmp_path, omz_cache_dir)
     convert_model(model_name, tmp_path)
     model_path = tmp_path / "public" / model_name / "FP32" / f"{model_name}.xml"
     model = ov.Core().read_model(model_path)
diff --git a/tests/openvino/native/quantization/test_graphs.py b/tests/openvino/native/quantization/test_graphs.py
index 9073a4bb581..949e2b6d08c 100644
--- a/tests/openvino/native/quantization/test_graphs.py
+++ b/tests/openvino/native/quantization/test_graphs.py
@@ -77,11 +77,11 @@ def test_depthwise_models_fq_placement(model_creator_func):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("model_name_params", OMZ_MODELS_QUANTIZE_PARAMS.items(), ids=list(OMZ_MODELS_QUANTIZE_PARAMS))
-def test_omz_models_fq_placement(model_name_params, tmp_path):
+def test_omz_models_fq_placement(model_name_params, tmp_path, omz_cache_dir):
     model_name, q_params = model_name_params
     params_str = "_".join([param.value for param in q_params.values()])
     q_params.update({"inplace_statistics": True})
-    download_model(model_name, tmp_path)
+    download_model(model_name, tmp_path, omz_cache_dir)
     convert_model(model_name, tmp_path)
     model_path = tmp_path / "public" / model_name / "FP32" / f"{model_name}.xml"
     model = ov.Core().read_model(model_path)
@@ -116,10 +116,10 @@ def test_transformer_models_fq_placement(model_creator_func, tmp_path):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("model_name_params", OMZ_MODELS_SQ_PARAMS.items(), ids=list(OMZ_MODELS_SQ_PARAMS))
-def test_omz_models_sq_placement(model_name_params, tmp_path):
+def test_omz_models_sq_placement(model_name_params, tmp_path, omz_cache_dir):
     model_name, q_params = model_name_params
     q_params.update({"inplace_statistics": True})
-    download_model(model_name, tmp_path)
+    download_model(model_name, tmp_path, omz_cache_dir)
     convert_model(model_name, tmp_path)
     model_path = tmp_path / "public" / model_name / "FP32" / f"{model_name}.xml"
     model = ov.Core().read_model(model_path)
diff --git a/tests/openvino/native/quantization/test_sanity.py b/tests/openvino/native/quantization/test_sanity.py
index 2bbe4ad38d5..911ce9a3854 100644
--- a/tests/openvino/native/quantization/test_sanity.py
+++ b/tests/openvino/native/quantization/test_sanity.py
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "model, dataset, ref_metrics, advanced_params", OMZ_MODELS, ids=[model[0] for model in OMZ_MODELS]
 )
-def test_compression(data_dir, tmp_path, model, dataset, ref_metrics, advanced_params):
+def test_compression(data_dir, tmp_path, model, dataset, ref_metrics, advanced_params, omz_cache_dir):
     extracted_data_dir = os.path.dirname(get_dataset_for_test(dataset, data_dir))
     config_path = AC_CONFIGS_DIR / f"{model}.yml"
 
-    download_model(model, tmp_path)
+    download_model(model, tmp_path, omz_cache_dir)
     convert_model(model, tmp_path)
     model_path = tmp_path / "public" / model / "FP32" / f"{model}.xml"
 
diff --git a/tests/openvino/native/test_nncf_graph_builder.py b/tests/openvino/native/test_nncf_graph_builder.py
index 8b21431aa67..1f75de1f084 100644
--- a/tests/openvino/native/test_nncf_graph_builder.py
+++ b/tests/openvino/native/test_nncf_graph_builder.py
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ def test_compare_nncf_graph_synthetic_models(model_cls_to_test):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("model_name", OMZ_MODELS)
-def test_compare_nncf_graph_omz_models(tmp_path, model_name):
-    download_model(model_name, tmp_path)
+def test_compare_nncf_graph_omz_models(tmp_path, omz_cache_dir, model_name):
+    download_model(model_name, tmp_path, omz_cache_dir)
     convert_model(model_name, tmp_path)
     model_path = tmp_path / "public" / model_name / "FP32" / f"{model_name}.xml"
     model = ov.Core().read_model(model_path)
diff --git a/tests/openvino/omz_helpers.py b/tests/openvino/omz_helpers.py
index 713f84be5ba..77787fd6aa7 100644
--- a/tests/openvino/omz_helpers.py
+++ b/tests/openvino/omz_helpers.py
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ def run_command(command: List[str]):
     return cmd_output
 
 
-def download_model(name, path):
-    com_line = ["omz_downloader", "--name", name, "-o", str(path)]
+def download_model(name, path, omz_cache_dir):
+    com_line = ["omz_downloader", "--name", name, "-o", str(path), "--cache_dir", str(omz_cache_dir)]
     _ = run_command(com_line)
 
 
diff --git a/tests/openvino/pot/quantization/test_sanity.py b/tests/openvino/pot/quantization/test_sanity.py
index dc413236d39..36ad34d9b66 100644
--- a/tests/openvino/pot/quantization/test_sanity.py
+++ b/tests/openvino/pot/quantization/test_sanity.py
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("model, dataset, ref_metrics", OMZ_MODELS, ids=[model[0] for model in OMZ_MODELS])
-def test_compression(data_dir, tmp_path, model, dataset, ref_metrics):
+def test_compression(data_dir, tmp_path, omz_cache_dir, model, dataset, ref_metrics):
     extracted_data_dir = os.path.dirname(get_dataset_for_test(dataset, data_dir))
     config_path = AC_CONFIGS_DIR / f"{model}.yml"
 
-    download_model(model, tmp_path)
+    download_model(model, tmp_path, omz_cache_dir)
     convert_model(model, tmp_path)
     model_path = tmp_path / "public" / model / "FP32" / f"{model}.xml"