diff --git a/onnxruntime/core/providers/openvino/backend_manager.cc b/onnxruntime/core/providers/openvino/backend_manager.cc
index 5e80ee3738ed8..5f1e86d82be61 100644
--- a/onnxruntime/core/providers/openvino/backend_manager.cc
+++ b/onnxruntime/core/providers/openvino/backend_manager.cc
@@ -100,11 +100,10 @@ BackendManager::BackendManager(SessionContext& session_context,
       std::string exception_str =
           "[OpenVINO-EP] Bounded dynamic model execution using provider option reshape_input is not supported for OVEP EPContext model";
       ORT_THROW(exception_str);
-    }
-    if (subgraph_context_.is_ep_ctx_ovir_encapsulated) {
-      model_stream = ep_ctx_handle_.GetModelBlobStream(session_context_.onnx_model_path_name.replace_extension("xml").string(), subgraph);
+    }    if (subgraph_context_.is_ep_ctx_ovir_encapsulated) {
+      model_stream = ep_ctx_handle_.GetModelBlobStream(session_context_.onnx_model_path_name.replace_extension("xml").string(), subgraph, session_context_.device_type);
     } else {
-      model_stream = ep_ctx_handle_.GetModelBlobStream(session_context_.so_context_file_path, subgraph);
+      model_stream = ep_ctx_handle_.GetModelBlobStream(session_context_.so_context_file_path, subgraph, session_context_.device_type);
     }
 
   } else {
diff --git a/onnxruntime/core/providers/openvino/onnx_ctx_model_helper.cc b/onnxruntime/core/providers/openvino/onnx_ctx_model_helper.cc
index 60a461f7159f3..935f7353b071a 100644
--- a/onnxruntime/core/providers/openvino/onnx_ctx_model_helper.cc
+++ b/onnxruntime/core/providers/openvino/onnx_ctx_model_helper.cc
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Status EPCtxHandler::AddOVEPCtxNodeToGraph(const GraphViewer& graph_viewer,
   return Status::OK();
 }
 
-std::unique_ptr<ModelBlobWrapper> EPCtxHandler::GetModelBlobStream(const std::filesystem::path& so_context_file_path, const GraphViewer& graph_viewer) const {
+std::unique_ptr<ModelBlobWrapper> EPCtxHandler::GetModelBlobStream(const std::filesystem::path& so_context_file_path, const GraphViewer& graph_viewer, const std::string& device_type) const {
   auto first_index = *graph_viewer.GetNodesInTopologicalOrder().begin();
   auto node = graph_viewer.GetNode(first_index);
   ORT_ENFORCE(node != nullptr);
@@ -128,10 +128,12 @@ std::unique_ptr<ModelBlobWrapper> EPCtxHandler::GetModelBlobStream(const std::fi
     // If the model stream is not an XML (i.e. precompiled blob), the OpenVINO SDK version that it was
     // exported with must match the version that is currently running.
     native_blob_path = std::move(blob_filepath);
-    ORT_ENFORCE((attrs.count(EP_SDK_VER) == 1) && (attrs.at(EP_SDK_VER).s() == openvino_sdk_version_),
-                "EPCtx blob was exported / is compatible with OpenVINO SDK version " + attrs.at(EP_SDK_VER).s() +
-                    ", but OpenVINO SDK version currently in use is " + openvino_sdk_version_);
-
+    // Skip SDK version check for NPU devices as they may use different SDK versions.
+    if (device_type.find("NPU") == std::string::npos) {
+      ORT_ENFORCE((attrs.count(EP_SDK_VER) == 1) && (attrs.at(EP_SDK_VER).s() == openvino_sdk_version_),
+            "EPCtx blob was exported / is compatible with OpenVINO SDK version " + attrs.at(EP_SDK_VER).s() +
+                ", but OpenVINO SDK version currently in use is " + openvino_sdk_version_);
+    }
     result.reset();  // Release the stream as we will get the native blob from SharedContext
     auto shared_context = shared_context_manager_->GetOrCreateSharedContext(native_blob_path);
     return std::make_unique<ModelBlobWrapper>(shared_context->GetNativeBlobAsStream(partition_name), shared_context->GetNativeBlob(partition_name));
diff --git a/onnxruntime/core/providers/openvino/onnx_ctx_model_helper.h b/onnxruntime/core/providers/openvino/onnx_ctx_model_helper.h
index fce88005a0605..97e7369fcb0f5 100644
--- a/onnxruntime/core/providers/openvino/onnx_ctx_model_helper.h
+++ b/onnxruntime/core/providers/openvino/onnx_ctx_model_helper.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class EPCtxHandler {
                                const std::string& graph_name,
                                const bool embed_mode,
                                std::string&& model_blob_str) const;
-  std::unique_ptr<ModelBlobWrapper> GetModelBlobStream(const std::filesystem::path& so_context_file_path, const GraphViewer& subgraph_view) const;
+  std::unique_ptr<ModelBlobWrapper> GetModelBlobStream(const std::filesystem::path& so_context_file_path, const GraphViewer& subgraph_view, const std::string& device_type) const;
   InlinedVector<const Node*> GetEPCtxNodes() const;
   bool CheckEPCacheContextAttribute(const GraphViewer& subgraph_view, const std::string& target_attr_extn) const;
   std::shared_ptr<SharedContext> Initialize(const std::vector<IExecutionProvider::FusedNodeAndGraph>& fused_nodes, const SessionContext& session_context);