diff --git a/docs/articles_en/openvino-workflow/running-inference/inference-devices-and-modes/npu-device.rst b/docs/articles_en/openvino-workflow/running-inference/inference-devices-and-modes/npu-device.rst
index f52e2c72084483..bbc6cbbc84d5d1 100644
--- a/docs/articles_en/openvino-workflow/running-inference/inference-devices-and-modes/npu-device.rst
+++ b/docs/articles_en/openvino-workflow/running-inference/inference-devices-and-modes/npu-device.rst
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ offer a limited set of supported OpenVINO features.
          ov::intel_npu::device_alloc_mem_size
          ov::intel_npu::device_total_mem_size
          ov::intel_npu::driver_version
-         ov::intel_npu::compiler_api_version
+         ov::intel_npu::compiler_version
 
 
 .. note::
diff --git a/src/inference/include/openvino/runtime/intel_npu/properties.hpp b/src/inference/include/openvino/runtime/intel_npu/properties.hpp
index 9126e1eea8daac..1c03e51edd268d 100644
--- a/src/inference/include/openvino/runtime/intel_npu/properties.hpp
+++ b/src/inference/include/openvino/runtime/intel_npu/properties.hpp
@@ -56,10 +56,10 @@ static constexpr ov::Property<uint32_t, ov::PropertyMutability::RO> driver_versi
 /**
  * @brief [Only for NPU plugin]
  * Type: uint32_t
- * Read-only property to get NPU compiler API version
+ * Read-only property to get NPU compiler version
  * @ingroup ov_runtime_npu_prop_cpp_api
  */
-static constexpr ov::Property<uint32_t, ov::PropertyMutability::RO> compiler_api_version{"NPU_COMPILER_API_VERSION"};
+static constexpr ov::Property<uint32_t, ov::PropertyMutability::RO> compiler_version{"NPU_COMPILER_VERSION"};
 
 /**
  * @brief [Only for NPU compiler]
diff --git a/src/plugins/intel_npu/README.md b/src/plugins/intel_npu/README.md
index 20ab550cb3d0c9..b5da3bff6e1b47 100644
--- a/src/plugins/intel_npu/README.md
+++ b/src/plugins/intel_npu/README.md
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ The following properties are supported:
 | `ov::intel_npu::device_alloc_mem_size`/</br>`NPU_DEVICE_ALLOC_MEM_SIZE` | RO | Size of already allocated NPU DDR memory | `N/A` | `N/A` |
 | `ov::intel_npu::device_total_mem_size`/</br>`NPU_DEVICE_TOTAL_MEM_SIZE` | RO | Size of available NPU DDR memory | `N/A` | `N/A` |
 | `ov::intel_npu::driver_version`/</br>`NPU_DRIVER_VERSION` | RO | NPU driver version. | `N/A` | `N/A` |
-| `ov::intel_npu::compiler_api_version`/</br>`NPU_COMPILER_API_VERSION` | RO | NPU compiler API version. MSB 16 bits are Major version, LSB 16 bits are Minor version | `N/A` | `N/A` |
+| `ov::intel_npu::compiler_version`/</br>`NPU_COMPILER_VERSION` | RO | NPU compiler version. MSB 16 bits are Major version, LSB 16 bits are Minor version | `N/A` | `N/A` |
 | `ov::intel_npu::compilation_mode_params`/</br>`NPU_COMPILATION_MODE_PARAMS` | RW | Set various parameters supported by the NPU compiler. (See bellow) | `<std::string>`| `N/A` |
 | `ov::intel_npu::turbo`/</br>`NPU_TURBO` | RW | Set Turbo mode on/off | `YES`/ `NO`| `NO` |
 | `ov::intel_npu::tiles`/</br>`NPU_TILES` | RW | Sets the number of npu tiles to compile the model for | `[0-]` | `-1` |
diff --git a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/al/include/intel_npu/icompiler.hpp b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/al/include/intel_npu/icompiler.hpp
index 79ecdb8c894640..799ea1be2b9597 100644
--- a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/al/include/intel_npu/icompiler.hpp
+++ b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/al/include/intel_npu/icompiler.hpp
@@ -72,12 +72,12 @@ class ICompiler : public std::enable_shared_from_this<ICompiler> {
     virtual NetworkMetadata parse(const std::vector<uint8_t>& network, const Config& config) const = 0;
 
     /**
-     * @brief Returns the compiler API version
-     * @return composite uint32_t value of compiler api version.
+     * @brief Returns the compiler version
+     * @return composite uint32_t value of compiler version.
      *         MSB 16 bits = Major version
      *         LSB 16bits = Minor version
      */
-    virtual uint32_t get_api_version() const = 0;
+    virtual uint32_t get_version() const = 0;
 
     virtual std::vector<ov::ProfilingInfo> process_profiling_output(const std::vector<uint8_t>& profData,
                                                                     const std::vector<uint8_t>& network,
diff --git a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/common/include/intel_npu/common/icompiler_adapter.hpp b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/common/include/intel_npu/common/icompiler_adapter.hpp
index 4c695ea142fc18..65eda416c36639 100644
--- a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/common/include/intel_npu/common/icompiler_adapter.hpp
+++ b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/common/include/intel_npu/common/icompiler_adapter.hpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class ICompilerAdapter {
                                             const Config& config) const = 0;
     virtual std::shared_ptr<IGraph> parse(std::vector<uint8_t> network, const Config& config) const = 0;
     virtual ov::SupportedOpsMap query(const std::shared_ptr<const ov::Model>& model, const Config& config) const = 0;
-    virtual uint32_t getApiVersion() const = 0;
+    virtual uint32_t get_version() const = 0;
 
     virtual ~ICompilerAdapter() = default;
 };
diff --git a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/include/driver_compiler_adapter.hpp b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/include/driver_compiler_adapter.hpp
index 8daf403ac3da0c..63a5505829b21f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/include/driver_compiler_adapter.hpp
+++ b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/include/driver_compiler_adapter.hpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class DriverCompilerAdapter final : public ICompilerAdapter {
 
     ov::SupportedOpsMap query(const std::shared_ptr<const ov::Model>& model, const Config& config) const override;
 
-    uint32_t getApiVersion() const override;
+    uint32_t get_version() const override;
 
 private:
     /**
diff --git a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/include/plugin_compiler_adapter.hpp b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/include/plugin_compiler_adapter.hpp
index 5867a7480b1b23..599510d65d0373 100644
--- a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/include/plugin_compiler_adapter.hpp
+++ b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/include/plugin_compiler_adapter.hpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class PluginCompilerAdapter final : public ICompilerAdapter {
 
     ov::SupportedOpsMap query(const std::shared_ptr<const ov::Model>& model, const Config& config) const override;
 
-    uint32_t getApiVersion() const override;
+    uint32_t get_version() const override;
 
 private:
     std::shared_ptr<ZeroInitStructsHolder> _zeroInitStruct;
diff --git a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/src/driver_compiler_adapter.cpp b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/src/driver_compiler_adapter.cpp
index 7cc5b9b734a7a3..f0fae7c481aba0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/src/driver_compiler_adapter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/src/driver_compiler_adapter.cpp
@@ -253,8 +253,8 @@ ov::SupportedOpsMap DriverCompilerAdapter::query(const std::shared_ptr<const ov:
     return result;
 }
 
-uint32_t DriverCompilerAdapter::getApiVersion() const {
-    return _zeroInitStruct->getCompilerApiVersion();
+uint32_t DriverCompilerAdapter::get_version() const {
+    return _zeroInitStruct->getCompilerVersion();
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/src/plugin_compiler_adapter.cpp b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/src/plugin_compiler_adapter.cpp
index 4cf104f29eca9b..d0723f8549bdba 100644
--- a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/src/plugin_compiler_adapter.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/compiler_adapter/src/plugin_compiler_adapter.cpp
@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ ov::SupportedOpsMap PluginCompilerAdapter::query(const std::shared_ptr<const ov:
     return _compiler->query(model, config);
 }
 
-uint32_t PluginCompilerAdapter::getApiVersion() const {
-    return _compiler->get_api_version();
+uint32_t PluginCompilerAdapter::get_version() const {
+    return _compiler->get_version();
 }
 
 }  // namespace intel_npu
diff --git a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/plugin/src/plugin.cpp b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/plugin/src/plugin.cpp
index 97596374f70d2a..eec7d3d91a7f0d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/plugin/src/plugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/plugin/src/plugin.cpp
@@ -454,14 +454,14 @@ Plugin::Plugin()
           [&](const Config& config) {
               return _metrics->GetDriverVersion();
           }}},
-        {ov::intel_npu::compiler_api_version.name(),
+        {ov::intel_npu::compiler_version.name(),
          {true,
           ov::PropertyMutability::RO,
           [&](const Config& config) {
               /// create dummy compiler
               CompilerAdapterFactory compilerAdapterFactory;
               auto dummyCompiler = compilerAdapterFactory.getCompiler(_backends->getIEngineBackend(), config);
-              return dummyCompiler->getApiVersion();
+              return dummyCompiler->get_version();
           }}},
         {ov::intel_npu::compilation_mode_params.name(),
          {true,
diff --git a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/utils/include/intel_npu/utils/zero/zero_init.hpp b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/utils/include/intel_npu/utils/zero/zero_init.hpp
index bbb25f8d170952..7eb00042b703cf 100644
--- a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/utils/include/intel_npu/utils/zero/zero_init.hpp
+++ b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/utils/include/intel_npu/utils/zero/zero_init.hpp
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ class ZeroInitStructsHolder final {
     inline uint32_t getDriverVersion() const {
         return driver_properties.driverVersion;
     }
-    inline uint32_t getCompilerApiVersion() const {
-        return compiler_api_version;
+    inline uint32_t getCompilerVersion() const {
+        return compiler_version;
     }
     inline uint32_t getMutableCommandListVersion() const {
         return mutable_command_list_version;
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class ZeroInitStructsHolder final {
 
     ze_api_version_t ze_drv_api_version = {};
 
-    uint32_t compiler_api_version = 0;
+    uint32_t compiler_version = 0;
 };
 
 }  // namespace intel_npu
diff --git a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/utils/src/zero/zero_init.cpp b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/utils/src/zero/zero_init.cpp
index 929d0e7a888b38..d65ee59dc9e205 100644
--- a/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/utils/src/zero/zero_init.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/intel_npu/src/utils/src/zero/zero_init.cpp
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ ZeroInitStructsHolder::ZeroInitStructsHolder() : log("NPUZeroInitStructsHolder",
     graph_props.stype = ZE_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DEVICE_GRAPH_PROPERTIES;
     auto result = graph_dditable_ext_decorator->pfnDeviceGetGraphProperties(device_handle, &graph_props);
     THROW_ON_FAIL_FOR_LEVELZERO("pfnDeviceGetGraphProperties", result);
-    compiler_api_version = ZE_MAKE_VERSION(graph_props.compilerVersion.major, graph_props.compilerVersion.minor);
+    compiler_version = ZE_MAKE_VERSION(graph_props.compilerVersion.major, graph_props.compilerVersion.minor);
 }
 
 ZeroInitStructsHolder::~ZeroInitStructsHolder() {