diff --git a/src/inference/include/openvino/runtime/core.hpp b/src/inference/include/openvino/runtime/core.hpp
index 8cde52e120f969..01915c358d53af 100644
--- a/src/inference/include/openvino/runtime/core.hpp
+++ b/src/inference/include/openvino/runtime/core.hpp
@@ -81,9 +81,12 @@ class OPENVINO_RUNTIME_API Core {
      *  * PDPD (*.pdmodel)
      *  * TF (*.pb)
      *  * TFLite (*.tflite)
+     * @param properties Optional map of pairs: (property name, property value) relevant only for this read operation.
      * @return A model.
      */
-    std::shared_ptr<ov::Model> read_model(const std::wstring& model_path, const std::wstring& bin_path = {}) const;
+    std::shared_ptr<ov::Model> read_model(const std::wstring& model_path,
+                                          const std::wstring& bin_path = {},
+                                          const ov::AnyMap& properties = {}) const;
 #endif
 
     /**
@@ -108,9 +111,7 @@ class OPENVINO_RUNTIME_API Core {
 
 #ifdef OPENVINO_CPP_VER_17
     template <class Path, std::enable_if_t<std::is_same_v<Path, std::filesystem::path>>* = nullptr>
-    std::shared_ptr<ov::Model> read_model(const Path& model_path,
-                                          const Path& bin_path = {},
-                                          const ov::AnyMap& properties = {}) const {
+    auto read_model(const Path& model_path, const Path& bin_path = {}, const ov::AnyMap& properties = {}) const {
         return read_model(model_path.string(), bin_path.string(), properties);
     }
 #endif
@@ -142,7 +143,7 @@ class OPENVINO_RUNTIME_API Core {
 
 #ifdef OPENVINO_CPP_VER_17
     template <class Path, class... Properties, std::enable_if_t<std::is_same_v<Path, std::filesystem::path>>* = nullptr>
-    auto read_model(const Path& model_path, const Path& bin_path = {}, Properties&&... properties) const {
+    auto read_model(const Path& model_path, const Path& bin_path, Properties&&... properties) const {
         return read_model(model_path.string(), bin_path.string(), std::forward<Properties>(properties)...);
     }
 #endif
diff --git a/src/inference/src/cpp/core.cpp b/src/inference/src/cpp/core.cpp
index 372bd30190b029..5d85fe81364a17 100644
--- a/src/inference/src/cpp/core.cpp
+++ b/src/inference/src/cpp/core.cpp
@@ -80,9 +80,12 @@ Core::Core(const std::string& xml_config_file) {
 std::map<std::string, Version> Core::get_versions(const std::string& device_name) const {
     OV_CORE_CALL_STATEMENT({ return _impl->get_versions(device_name); })}
 #ifdef OPENVINO_ENABLE_UNICODE_PATH_SUPPORT
-std::shared_ptr<ov::Model> Core::read_model(const std::wstring& model_path, const std::wstring& bin_path) const {
-    OV_CORE_CALL_STATEMENT(
-        return _impl->read_model(ov::util::wstring_to_string(model_path), ov::util::wstring_to_string(bin_path), {}););
+std::shared_ptr<ov::Model> Core::read_model(const std::wstring& model_path,
+                                            const std::wstring& bin_path,
+                                            const ov::AnyMap& properties) const {
+    OV_CORE_CALL_STATEMENT(return _impl->read_model(ov::util::wstring_to_string(model_path),
+                                                    ov::util::wstring_to_string(bin_path),
+                                                    properties););
 }
 #endif