diff --git a/.ci/azure/linux_cuda.yml b/.ci/azure/linux_cuda.yml
index 5407a0a56dcc6a..290297e396d10f 100644
--- a/.ci/azure/linux_cuda.yml
+++ b/.ci/azure/linux_cuda.yml
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ jobs:
       -DENABLE_PYTHON=OFF
       -DENABLE_NVIDIA=ON
       -DENABLE_TESTS=ON
+      -DENABLE_DATA=OFF
       /root/repos/openvino &&
       /root/w/ninja -v CudaFuncTests CudaUnitTests"
     workingDirectory: $(WORK_DIR)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/code_style.yml b/.github/workflows/code_style.yml
index 5c85b40c302ac2..3eb09c9270ff00 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/code_style.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/code_style.yml
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Clang dependency
         run: |
           sudo apt update
-          sudo apt --assume-yes remove clang-7 clang-8 clang-9 clang-10 clang-11 clang-12 clang-13
-          sudo apt --assume-yes install libclang-14-dev
+          sudo apt --assume-yes remove clang-7 clang-8 clang-9 clang-10 clang-11 clang-12 clang-13 clang-15
+          sudo apt --assume-yes install clang-14 libclang-14-dev
 
       - name: Install Python-based dependencies
         run: python3 -m pip install -r cmake/developer_package/ncc_naming_style/requirements_dev.txt
diff --git a/cmake/features.cmake b/cmake/features.cmake
index 991f8e11abb0eb..95328f533bc7f6 100644
--- a/cmake/features.cmake
+++ b/cmake/features.cmake
@@ -110,12 +110,12 @@ ie_dependent_option (GAPI_TEST_PERF "if GAPI unit tests should examine performan
 
 ie_dependent_option (ENABLE_MYRIAD_MVNC_TESTS "functional and behavior tests for mvnc api" OFF "ENABLE_TESTS;ENABLE_INTEL_MYRIAD" OFF)
 
-ie_dependent_option (ENABLE_DATA "fetch models from testdata repo" ON "ENABLE_FUNCTIONAL_TESTS;NOT ANDROID" OFF)
-
 ie_dependent_option (ENABLE_BEH_TESTS "tests oriented to check OpenVINO Runtime API correctness" ON "ENABLE_TESTS" OFF)
 
 ie_dependent_option (ENABLE_FUNCTIONAL_TESTS "functional tests" ON "ENABLE_TESTS" OFF)
 
+ie_dependent_option (ENABLE_DATA "fetch models from testdata repo" ON "ENABLE_FUNCTIONAL_TESTS;NOT ANDROID" OFF)
+
 ie_option (ENABLE_SAMPLES "console samples are part of OpenVINO Runtime package" ON)
 
 ie_option (ENABLE_OPENCV "enables custom OpenCV download" OFF)
diff --git a/src/bindings/python/src/compatibility/openvino/CMakeLists.txt b/src/bindings/python/src/compatibility/openvino/CMakeLists.txt
index c81cd8a16a9215..9cc46f5ac480a9 100644
--- a/src/bindings/python/src/compatibility/openvino/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/bindings/python/src/compatibility/openvino/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ endif()
 include (cmake/UseCython.cmake)
 
 # Check Cython version
-if(CYTHON_VERSION VERSION_LESS "0.29")
+if(CYTHON_VERSION VERSION_LESS 0.29)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "OpenVINO Python API needs at least Cython version 0.29, found version ${CYTHON_VERSION}")
 else()
     message(STATUS "Found Cython version ${CYTHON_VERSION}")
diff --git a/src/bindings/python/src/compatibility/openvino/cmake/CythonConfig.cmake b/src/bindings/python/src/compatibility/openvino/cmake/CythonConfig.cmake
index 05f75ceeb51772..4cc32dacec1375 100644
--- a/src/bindings/python/src/compatibility/openvino/cmake/CythonConfig.cmake
+++ b/src/bindings/python/src/compatibility/openvino/cmake/CythonConfig.cmake
@@ -50,7 +50,30 @@ include( FindPackageHandleStandardArgs )
 FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS( Cython REQUIRED_VARS CYTHON_EXECUTABLE )
 
 # Find Cython version
-execute_process(COMMAND ${CYTHON_EXECUTABLE} -V ERROR_VARIABLE CYTHON_OUTPUT OUTPUT_QUIET)
-string(REGEX REPLACE "^Cython version ([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+(\\.[0-9]+)?).*" "\\1" CYTHON_VERSION "${CYTHON_OUTPUT}")
+execute_process(COMMAND ${CYTHON_EXECUTABLE} -V
+  ERROR_VARIABLE CYTHON_OUTPUT
+  OUTPUT_VARIABLE CYTHON_ERROR_MESSAGE
+  RESULT_VARIABLE CYTHON_EXIT_CODE
+  OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+
+if(CYTHON_EXIT_CODE EQUAL 0)
+  if(NOT CYTHON_OUTPUT)
+    set(CYTHON_OUTPUT "${CYTHON_ERROR_MESSAGE}")
+  endif()
+  string(REGEX REPLACE "^Cython version ([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+(\\.[0-9]+)?).*" "\\1" CYTHON_VERSION "${CYTHON_OUTPUT}")
+else()
+  if(${CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_NAME}_FIND_QUIETLY)
+      set(CYTHON_MESSAGE_MODE TRACE)
+  endif()
+  if(${CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_NAME}_FIND_REQUIRED)
+      set(CYTHON_MESSAGE_MODE FATAL_ERROR)
+  endif()
+  message(${CYTHON_MESSAGE_MODE} "Failed to detect cython version: ${CYTHON_ERROR_MESSAGE}")
+  unset(CYTHON_MESSAGE_MODE)
+endif()
+
+unset(CYTHON_OUTPUT)
+unset(CYTHON_EXIT_CODE)
+unset(CYTHON_ERROR_MESSAGE)
 
 mark_as_advanced( CYTHON_EXECUTABLE CYTHON_VERSION )
diff --git a/src/bindings/python/src/pyopenvino/core/compiled_model.cpp b/src/bindings/python/src/pyopenvino/core/compiled_model.cpp
index 1b4d887c3e553a..b0255921f8fc69 100644
--- a/src/bindings/python/src/pyopenvino/core/compiled_model.cpp
+++ b/src/bindings/python/src/pyopenvino/core/compiled_model.cpp
@@ -32,9 +32,13 @@ void regclass_CompiledModel(py::module m) {
         "create_infer_request",
         [](ov::CompiledModel& self) {
             // Create temporary ov::InferRequest and move it to actual wrapper class.
-            return std::make_shared<InferRequestWrapper>(self.create_infer_request(), self.inputs(), self.outputs());
+            ov::InferRequest request;
+            {
+                py::gil_scoped_release release;
+                request = self.create_infer_request();
+            }
+            return std::make_shared<InferRequestWrapper>(std::move(request), self.inputs(), self.outputs());
         },
-        py::call_guard<py::gil_scoped_release>(),
         R"(
             Creates an inference request object used to infer the compiled model.
             The created request has allocated input and output tensors.