diff --git a/.github/workflows/android_arm64.yml b/.github/workflows/android_arm64.yml
index deacec70e344ea..8c1106fdb2457f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/android_arm64.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/android_arm64.yml
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           pushd ${OPENVINO_REPO}
             git submodule update --init -- ${OPENVINO_REPO}/src/plugins
+            git submodule update --init -- ${OPENVINO_REPO}/thirdparty/zlib
+            git submodule update --init -- ${OPENVINO_REPO}/thirdparty/json
             git submodule update --init -- ${OPENVINO_REPO}/thirdparty/gtest
             git submodule update --init -- ${OPENVINO_REPO}/thirdparty/gflags
             git submodule update --init -- ${OPENVINO_REPO}/thirdparty/open_model_zoo
diff --git a/.github/workflows/fedora.yml b/.github/workflows/fedora.yml
index b7ae5765971206..522fc5fb53fa6e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fedora.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fedora.yml
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ jobs:
             -DENABLE_STRICT_DEPENDENCIES=OFF \
             -DENABLE_SYSTEM_TBB=ON \
             -DENABLE_SYSTEM_OPENCL=ON \
-            -DENABLE_SYSTEM_PUGIXML=ON \
             -DENABLE_PYTHON_PACKAGING=ON \
             -DCPACK_GENERATOR=TGZ \
             -DCMAKE_COMPILE_WARNING_AS_ERROR=ON \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux.yml b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
index 06825e2ece1903..6b4328f77dc3fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
@@ -153,7 +153,6 @@ jobs:
             -DENABLE_STRICT_DEPENDENCIES=OFF \
             -DENABLE_SYSTEM_TBB=ON \
             -DENABLE_SYSTEM_OPENCL=ON \
-            -DENABLE_SYSTEM_PUGIXML=ON \
             -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON \
             -DCPACK_GENERATOR=TGZ \
             -DCMAKE_COMPILE_WARNING_AS_ERROR=ON \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux_riscv.yml b/.github/workflows/linux_riscv.yml
index 25528d96e151db..cdeccfa643678a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux_riscv.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux_riscv.yml
@@ -71,8 +71,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Init submodules for non-Conan dependencies
         run: |
           pushd ${OPENVINO_REPO}
-            git submodule update --init -- ${OPENVINO_REPO}/src/plugins/intel_cpu
+            git submodule update --init -- ${OPENVINO_REPO}/thirdparty/zlib
+            git submodule update --init -- ${OPENVINO_REPO}/thirdparty/json
             git submodule update --init -- ${OPENVINO_REPO}/thirdparty/gtest
+            git submodule update --init -- ${OPENVINO_REPO}/thirdparty/gflags
+            git submodule update --init -- ${OPENVINO_REPO}/src/plugins/intel_cpu
             git submodule update --init -- ${OPENVINO_REPO}/thirdparty/open_model_zoo
           popd
 
diff --git a/cmake/developer_package/packaging/rpm/changelog b/cmake/developer_package/packaging/rpm/changelog
index e5eb84a96fc1c3..028dc3fa071995 100644
--- a/cmake/developer_package/packaging/rpm/changelog
+++ b/cmake/developer_package/packaging/rpm/changelog
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-* Sun Jul  4 12:00:00 2010 OpenVINO Developers <openvino@intel.com> - 2022.3.0-1
+* Sun Dec 25 2022 OpenVINO Developers <openvino@intel.com> - 2022.3.0-1
 - Implemented Debian, RPM packages support
 - Support of Ubuntu 22.04
 - Support of python 3.10
 - Introduced OpenVINO Runtime 2.0 C API
 
-* Thu Jul 28 12:00:00 2022 OpenVINO Developers <openvino@intel.com> - 2022.2.0-1
+* Thu Jul 28 2022 OpenVINO Developers <openvino@intel.com> - 2022.2.0-1
 - Broader model and hardware support - Optimize & deploy with ease across an expanded range of deep learning models including NLP, and access AI acceleration across an expanded range of hardware.
     - NEW: Support for Intel 13th Gen Core Processor for desktop (code named Raptor Lake).
     - NEW: Preview support for Intel’s discrete graphics cards, Intel® Data Center GPU Flex Series and Intel® Arc™ GPU for DL inferencing workloads in intelligent cloud, edge and media analytics workloads. Hundreds of models enabled.
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@
     - NEW: Introducing new performance hint (”Cumulative throughput”) in AUTO device, enabling multiple accelerators (e.g. multiple GPUs) to be used at once to maximize inferencing performance.
     - NEW: Introducing Intel® FPGA AI Suite support which enables real-time, low-latency, and low-power deep learning inference in this easy-to-use package  
 
-* Thu Mar 22 12:00:00 2022 OpenVINO Developers <openvino@intel.com> - 2022.1.0-1
+* Thu Mar 22 2022 OpenVINO Developers <openvino@intel.com> - 2022.1.0-1
 - Implemented OpenVINO 2.0 Runtime API for both C++ and Python
 - Introduced IR v11 which is aligned with frameworks model format
diff --git a/cmake/developer_package/packaging/rpm/rpm.cmake b/cmake/developer_package/packaging/rpm/rpm.cmake
index 9660226e696582..a7c0ec2cf61087 100644
--- a/cmake/developer_package/packaging/rpm/rpm.cmake
+++ b/cmake/developer_package/packaging/rpm/rpm.cmake
@@ -120,8 +120,7 @@ macro(ov_rpm_specific_settings)
     # group
     set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_GROUP "Development/Libraries")
     # changelog file
-    # TODO: fix "error: bad date in %changelog"
-    # set(CPACK_RPM_CHANGELOG_FILE "${OpenVINO_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/developer_package/packaging/rpm/changelog")
+    set(CPACK_RPM_CHANGELOG_FILE "${OpenVINO_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/developer_package/packaging/rpm/changelog")
     # use rpmlint to check packages in post-build step
     set(CPACK_POST_BUILD_SCRIPTS "${OpenVINODeveloperScripts_DIR}/packaging/rpm/post_build.cmake")
     # enable for debug cpack run
diff --git a/cmake/features.cmake b/cmake/features.cmake
index 2e3ef5d4aa82b1..209fb56b71b2bf 100644
--- a/cmake/features.cmake
+++ b/cmake/features.cmake
@@ -152,15 +152,6 @@ else()
     set(ENABLE_SYSTEM_LIBS_DEFAULT OFF)
 endif()
 
-if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-    set(ENABLE_SYSTEM_PUGIXML_DEFAULT ${ENABLE_SYSTEM_LIBS_DEFAULT})
-else()
-    # for static libraries case libpugixml.a must be compiled with -fPIC
-    # but we still need an ability to compile with system PugiXML and BUILD_SHARED_LIBS
-    # for Conan case where everything is compiled statically
-    set(ENABLE_SYSTEM_PUGIXML_DEFAULT OFF)
-endif()
-
 if(ANDROID)
     # when protobuf from /usr/include is used, then Android toolchain ignores include paths
     # but if we build for Android using vcpkg / conan / etc where flatbuffers is not located in
@@ -179,9 +170,7 @@ endif()
 
 ov_dependent_option (ENABLE_SYSTEM_TBB  "Enables use of system TBB" ${ENABLE_SYSTEM_TBB_DEFAULT}
     "THREADING MATCHES TBB" OFF)
-# TODO: turn it off by default during the work on cross-os distribution, because pugixml is not
-# available out of box on all systems (like RHEL, UBI)
-ov_option (ENABLE_SYSTEM_PUGIXML "Enables use of system PugiXML" ${ENABLE_SYSTEM_PUGIXML_DEFAULT})
+ov_option (ENABLE_SYSTEM_PUGIXML "Enables use of system PugiXML" OFF)
 # the option is on by default, because we use only flatc compiler and don't use any libraries
 ov_dependent_option(ENABLE_SYSTEM_FLATBUFFERS "Enables use of system flatbuffers" ${ENABLE_SYSTEM_FLATBUFFERS_DEFAULT}
     "ENABLE_OV_TF_LITE_FRONTEND" OFF)
diff --git a/cmake/packaging/debian.cmake b/cmake/packaging/debian.cmake
index fda353d6ab512e..5b5091fd0b4fd4 100644
--- a/cmake/packaging/debian.cmake
+++ b/cmake/packaging/debian.cmake
@@ -347,18 +347,12 @@ macro(ov_cpack_settings)
     set(samples_build_deps "cmake, g++, gcc, libc6-dev, make, pkg-config")
     set(samples_build_deps_suggest "libopencv-core-dev, libopencv-imgproc-dev, libopencv-imgcodecs-dev")
     set(samples_opencl_suggest "ocl-icd-opencl-dev, opencl-headers")
-    # Ubuntu 18.04, Debian 9 cases have nlohmann-json-dev
-    # newer systems have nlohmann-json3-dev
-    # according to https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-relationships.html#syntax-of-relationship-fields
-    # we can use | (pipe) to provide alternative package names
-    set(json_library "nlohmann-json3-dev | nlohmann-json-dev")
 
     # c_samples / cpp_samples
     set(CPACK_COMPONENT_SAMPLES_DESCRIPTION "Intel(R) Distribution of OpenVINO(TM) Toolkit C / C++ Samples")
     set(CPACK_COMPONENT_SAMPLES_DEPENDS "${OV_CPACK_COMP_CORE_DEV}")
     set(CPACK_DEBIAN_SAMPLES_PACKAGE_NAME "openvino-samples-${cpack_name_ver}")
     set(CPACK_DEBIAN_SAMPLES_PACKAGE_SUGGESTS "${samples_build_deps_suggest}, ${samples_opencl_suggest}, ${all_plugins_suggest}")
-    set(CPACK_DEBIAN_SAMPLES_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "libgflags-dev, zlib1g-dev, ${json_library}")
     # can be skipped with --no-install-recommends
     set(CPACK_DEBIAN_SAMPLES_PACKAGE_RECOMMENDS "${samples_build_deps}")
     set(CPACK_DEBIAN_SAMPLES_PACKAGE_ARCHITECTURE "all")
diff --git a/cmake/packaging/rpm.cmake b/cmake/packaging/rpm.cmake
index 9c8103e12bd8ad..f94d3db0f36f76 100644
--- a/cmake/packaging/rpm.cmake
+++ b/cmake/packaging/rpm.cmake
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ macro(ov_cpack_settings)
     # SUGGESTS may be unsupported, it's part of RPM 4.12.0 (Sep 16th 2014) only
     # see https://rpm.org/timeline.html
     set(CPACK_RPM_SAMPLES_PACKAGE_SUGGESTS "${samples_build_deps_suggest}, ${samples_opencl_deps_suggest}, ${plugin_packages}")
-    set(CPACK_RPM_SAMPLES_PACKAGE_REQUIRES "${core_dev_package}, ${samples_build_deps}, gflags-devel, json-devel, zlib-devel")
+    set(CPACK_RPM_SAMPLES_PACKAGE_REQUIRES "${core_dev_package}, ${samples_build_deps}")
     set(CPACK_RPM_SAMPLES_PACKAGE_ARCHITECTURE "noarch")
     ov_rpm_generate_conflicts(${OV_CPACK_COMP_CPP_SAMPLES} ${conflicting_versions})
 
@@ -315,8 +315,6 @@ macro(ov_cpack_settings)
         # contains samples source codes
         "devel-file-in-non-devel-package /usr/${OV_CPACK_SAMPLESDIR}/cpp/*"
         "devel-file-in-non-devel-package /usr/${OV_CPACK_SAMPLESDIR}/c/*"
-        # depends on gflags-devel
-        "devel-dependency gflags-devel"
         # duplicated files are OK
         "files-duplicate /usr/${OV_CPACK_SAMPLESDIR}/cpp/CMakeLists.txt /usr/${OV_CPACK_SAMPLESDIR}/c/CMakeLists.txt"
         "files-duplicate /usr/${OV_CPACK_SAMPLESDIR}/cpp/build_samples.sh /usr/${OV_CPACK_SAMPLESDIR}/c/build_samples.sh"
diff --git a/conan.lock b/conan.lock
index 81f455dd8efbd7..22567fb002e7e5 100644
--- a/conan.lock
+++ b/conan.lock
@@ -13,17 +13,14 @@
         "opencl-clhpp-headers/2023.04.17#7c62fcc7ac2559d4839150d2ebaac5c8%1685450803.672",
         "onnx/1.14.1#d95f4e64bedf3dc6898253847ac69005%1693130309.828",
         "onetbb/2021.10.0#cbb2fc43088070b48f6e4339bc8fa0e1%1693812561.235",
-        "nlohmann_json/3.11.2#a35423bb6e1eb8f931423557e282c7ed%1666619820.488",
         "ittapi/3.24.0#9246125f13e7686dee2b0c992b71db94%1682969872.743",
         "hwloc/2.9.2#1c63e2eccac57048ae226e6c946ebf0e%1688677682.002",
-        "gflags/2.2.2#48d1262ffac8d30c3224befb8275a533%1676224985.343",
         "flatbuffers/23.5.26#b153646f6546daab4c7326970b6cd89c%1685838458.449",
         "ade/0.1.2c#8c03c130df6dc35186b38ba73a40a71d%1694253992.577"
     ],
     "build_requires": [
         "zlib/1.2.13#97d5730b529b4224045fe7090592d4c1%1692672717.049",
         "protobuf/3.21.12#d9f5f4e3b86552552dda4c0a2e928eeb%1685218275.69",
-        "protobuf/3.21.9#515ceb0a1653cf84363d9968b812d6be%1678364058.993",
         "pkgconf/1.9.5#743ca0d41d35a84b1f89af337ddaa1a0%1688570267.802",
         "patchelf/0.13#0eaada8970834919c3ce14355afe7fac%1680534241.341",
         "ninja/1.11.1#77587f8c8318662ac8e5a7867eb4be21%1684431244.21",
diff --git a/conanfile.txt b/conanfile.txt
index 2fc71b7f384f0c..bdde5ea9dc1498 100644
--- a/conanfile.txt
+++ b/conanfile.txt
@@ -4,14 +4,11 @@ onetbb/[>=2021.2.1]
 pugixml/[>=1.10]
 protobuf/3.21.12
 ittapi/[>=3.23.0]
-zlib/[>=1.2.8]
 opencl-icd-loader/[>=2023.04.17]
 rapidjson/[>=1.1.0]
 xbyak/[>=6.62]
 snappy/[>=1.1.7]
-gflags/2.2.2
 onnx/1.14.1
-nlohmann_json/[>=3.1.1]
 pybind11/[>=2.10.1]
 flatbuffers/[>=22.9.24]
 
@@ -19,11 +16,12 @@ flatbuffers/[>=22.9.24]
 cmake/[>=3.20]
 pkgconf/1.9.5
 patchelf/[>=0.12]
-protobuf/3.21.9
+protobuf/3.21.12
 flatbuffers/[>=22.9.24]
 
 [options]
 protobuf/*:lite=True
+protobuf/*:with_zlib=False
 protobuf/*:shared=False
 flatbuffers/*:header_only=True
 
diff --git a/docs/articles_en/get started/installing-openvino-overview/installing-openvino-linux-header/installing-openvino-yum.md b/docs/articles_en/get started/installing-openvino-overview/installing-openvino-linux-header/installing-openvino-yum.md
index c9646b212828fe..88730d374995b1 100644
--- a/docs/articles_en/get started/installing-openvino-overview/installing-openvino-linux-header/installing-openvino-yum.md	
+++ b/docs/articles_en/get started/installing-openvino-overview/installing-openvino-linux-header/installing-openvino-yum.md	
@@ -25,7 +25,16 @@
    
       .. note::
    
-         Installing OpenVINO from YUM is only supported on RHEL 8.2 and higher versions. CentOS 7 is not supported for this installation method.
+         OpenVINO RPM packages are compatible with and can be run on the following operating systems:
+         - RHEL 8.2 and higher
+         - Amazon Linux 2022 and 2023
+         - Rocky Linux 8.7, 8.8 and 9.2
+         - Alma Linux 8.7, 8.8 and 9.2
+         - Oracle Linix 8.7, 8.8 and 9.2
+         - Fedora 29 and higher up to 40
+         - OpenEuler 20.03 and 22.03
+         - Anolis OS 8.6 and 8.8
+         - CentOS Stream 8 and 9
    
    .. tab-item:: Processor Notes
       :sync: processor-notes
diff --git a/samples/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index de884bb05d279c..c814cc37e2c7f6 100644
--- a/samples/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/samples/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -108,42 +108,15 @@ endif()
 if(TARGET gflags)
     set(GFLAGS_TARGET gflags)
 elseif(gflags_required)
-    if(EXISTS /etc/debian_version)
-        set(gflags_component nothreads_static)
+    set(GFLAGS_TARGET gflags_nothreads_static)
+    if(EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/thirdparty/gflags")
+        add_subdirectory(thirdparty/gflags EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+    elseif(EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../thirdparty/gflags")
+        # Allow running samples CMakeLists.txt as stand alone from openvino sources
+        add_subdirectory("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../thirdparty/gflags"
+                            "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/thirdparty/gflags" EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
     else()
-        set(gflags_component shared)
-    endif()
-    find_package(gflags QUIET OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS ${gflags_component})
-    if(gflags_FOUND)
-        if(TARGET ${GFLAGS_TARGET})
-            # nothing
-        elseif(TARGET gflags_nothreads-static)
-            # Debian 9: gflag_component is ignored
-            set(GFLAGS_TARGET gflags_nothreads-static)
-        elseif(TARGET gflags-shared)
-            # gflags shared case for CentOS / RHEL / Fedora
-            set(GFLAGS_TARGET gflags-shared)
-        elseif(TARGET gflags::gflags)
-            # gflags case for Conan
-            set(GFLAGS_TARGET gflags::gflags)
-        else()
-            message(FATAL_ERROR "Internal error: failed to find imported target 'gflags' using '${gflags_component}' component")
-        endif()
-
-        message(STATUS "gflags (${gflags_VERSION}) is found at ${gflags_DIR} using '${gflags_component}' component")
-    endif()
-
-    if(NOT gflags_FOUND)
-        set(GFLAGS_TARGET gflags_nothreads_static)
-        if(EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/thirdparty/gflags")
-            add_subdirectory(thirdparty/gflags EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
-        elseif(EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../thirdparty/gflags")
-            # Allow running samples CMakeLists.txt as stand alone from openvino sources
-            add_subdirectory("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../thirdparty/gflags"
-                             "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/thirdparty/gflags" EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
-        else()
-            message(FATAL_ERROR "Failed to find 'gflags' library using '${gflags_component}' component")
-        endif()
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "Failed to find 'gflags' library using '${gflags_component}' component")
     endif()
 endif()
 
diff --git a/samples/cpp/benchmark_app/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/cpp/benchmark_app/CMakeLists.txt
index c786fde4c2fbe8..da6e5676f11a31 100644
--- a/samples/cpp/benchmark_app/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/samples/cpp/benchmark_app/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,62 +15,20 @@ ov_add_sample(NAME ${TARGET_NAME}
 # Required nlohmann_json dependency
 
 if(NOT TARGET nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json)
-    find_package(PkgConfig QUIET)
-    find_package(nlohmann_json QUIET
-                 # exception for Ubuntu 18.04, where cmake files for nlohmann_json
-                 # are located in a wrong directory
-                 HINTS /usr/lib/cmake)
-    if(TARGET nlohmann_json)
-        # Ubuntu 18.04 case where target 'nlohmann_json' is here, but nlohmann_json_FOUND is OFF
-        if(NOT TARGET nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json)
-            set_target_properties(nlohmann_json PROPERTIES IMPORTED_GLOBAL ON)
-            add_library(nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json ALIAS nlohmann_json)
-        endif()
-        set(nlohmann_json_FOUND ON)
-    endif()
-    if(nlohmann_json_FOUND)
-        message(STATUS "nlohmann_json (${nlohmann_json_VERSION}) is found at ${nlohmann_json_DIR}")
-    elseif(PkgConfig_FOUND)
-        pkg_search_module(nlohmann_json QUIET
-                          IMPORTED_TARGET GLOBAL
-                          nlohmann_json)
-        if(nlohmann_json_FOUND)
-            add_library(nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json ALIAS PkgConfig::nlohmann_json)
-        endif()
-    endif()
-
-    if(NOT nlohmann_json_FOUND)
-        # try to find header file json.hpp
-        # for example, on debian 9 there is no cmake / pkgconfig files
-        find_file(nlohmann_include_file
-                  NAMES "json.hpp"
-                  "Path to json.hpp (nlohmann-json-dev)")
-        if(nlohmann_include_file)
-            add_library(nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json INTERFACE IMPORTED)
-            get_filename_component(nlohmann_include_dir "${nlohmann_include_file}" PATH)
-            set_target_properties(nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json PROPERTIES
-                                  INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${nlohmann_include_dir}"
-                                  INTERFACE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS JSON_HEADER)
-            set(nlohmann_json_FOUND ON)
-        endif()
-    endif()
-
-    if(NOT nlohmann_json_FOUND)
-        if(EXISTS "${Samples_SOURCE_DIR}/thirdparty/nlohmann_json")
-            # OpenVINO package puts thirdparty to samples dir
-            # suppress shadowing names warning
-            set(JSON_SystemInclude ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
-            add_subdirectory("${Samples_SOURCE_DIR}/thirdparty/nlohmann_json"
-                             "${Samples_BINARY_DIR}/thirdparty/nlohmann_json" EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
-        elseif(EXISTS "${Samples_SOURCE_DIR}/../../thirdparty/json/nlohmann_json")
-            # Allow running samples CMakeLists.txt as stand alone from openvino sources
-            # suppress shadowing names warning
-            set(JSON_SystemInclude ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
-            add_subdirectory("${Samples_SOURCE_DIR}/../../thirdparty/json/nlohmann_json"
-                             "${Samples_BINARY_DIR}/thirdparty/nlohmann_json" EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
-        else()
-            message(FATAL_ERROR "Failed to find / build nlohmann_json library")
-        endif()
+    if(EXISTS "${Samples_SOURCE_DIR}/thirdparty/nlohmann_json")
+        # OpenVINO package puts thirdparty to samples dir
+        # suppress shadowing names warning
+        set(JSON_SystemInclude ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+        add_subdirectory("${Samples_SOURCE_DIR}/thirdparty/nlohmann_json"
+                            "${Samples_BINARY_DIR}/thirdparty/nlohmann_json" EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+    elseif(EXISTS "${Samples_SOURCE_DIR}/../../thirdparty/json/nlohmann_json")
+        # Allow running samples CMakeLists.txt as stand alone from openvino sources
+        # suppress shadowing names warning
+        set(JSON_SystemInclude ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+        add_subdirectory("${Samples_SOURCE_DIR}/../../thirdparty/json/nlohmann_json"
+                            "${Samples_BINARY_DIR}/thirdparty/nlohmann_json" EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+    else()
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "Failed to find / build nlohmann_json library")
     endif()
 endif()
 
diff --git a/samples/cpp/speech_sample/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/cpp/speech_sample/CMakeLists.txt
index a9e8c0e9d256fa..bda2a162d7fc8e 100644
--- a/samples/cpp/speech_sample/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/samples/cpp/speech_sample/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,22 +8,8 @@ file (GLOB HDR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.hpp)
 
 # Required zlib and cnpy dependencies
 
-find_package(ZLIB QUIET)
-
 if(NOT TARGET ZLIB::ZLIB)
-    find_package(PkgConfig QUIET)
-    if(PkgConfig_FOUND)
-        pkg_search_module(zlib QUIET
-                          IMPORTED_TARGET GLOBAL
-                          zlib)
-        if(zlib_FOUND)
-            add_library(ZLIB::ZLIB ALIAS PkgConfig::zlib)
-        endif()
-    endif()
-
-    if(zlib_FOUND)
-        message(STATUS "${PKG_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE}: zlib (${zlib_VERSION}) is found at ${zlib_PREFIX}")
-    elseif(EXISTS "${Samples_SOURCE_DIR}/thirdparty/zlib")
+    if(EXISTS "${Samples_SOURCE_DIR}/thirdparty/zlib")
         # OpenVINO package puts thirdparty to samples dir
         add_subdirectory("${Samples_SOURCE_DIR}/thirdparty/zlib"
                          "${Samples_BINARY_DIR}/thirdparty/zlib" EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
diff --git a/scripts/install_dependencies/install_openvino_dependencies.sh b/scripts/install_dependencies/install_openvino_dependencies.sh
index 79c987535e2849..4c964182f160d4 100755
--- a/scripts/install_dependencies/install_openvino_dependencies.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_dependencies/install_openvino_dependencies.sh
@@ -94,10 +94,16 @@ if [ "$os" == "auto" ] ; then
       os="rhel8"
     fi
     case $os in
-        centos7|centos8|rhel8|rhel9.1|\
-        almalinux8.7|amzn2|\
-        opensuse-leap15.3| \
-        fedora34|fedora35|fedora36|fedora37|fedora38|\
+        centos7|centos8|centos9|\
+        rhel8|rhel9.1|\
+        anolis8.6|anolis8.8|\
+        openEuler20.03|openEuler22.03|openEuler23.03|\
+        almalinux8.7|almalinux8.8|almalinux9.2|\
+        amzn2|amzn2022|amzn2023|\
+        ol8.7|ol8.8|ol9.2|\
+        rocky8.7|rocky8.8|rocky9.2|\
+        fedora29|fedora30|fedora31|fedora32|fedora33|fedora34|fedora35|fedora36|fedora37|fedora38|fedora39|fedora40|\
+        opensuse-leap15.3|\
         raspbian9|debian9|ubuntu18.04|\
         raspbian10|debian10|ubuntu20.04|ubuntu20.10|ubuntu21.04|\
         raspbian11|debian11|ubuntu21.10|ubuntu22.04|\
@@ -118,26 +124,26 @@ if [ "$os" == "raspbian9" ] || [ "$os" == "debian9" ] ; then
     # - cmake version is 3.7.2
     # which are not supported by OpenVINO
 
-    pkgs_core=(libpugixml1v5)
+    pkgs_core=()
     pkgs_gpu=(ocl-icd-libopencl1)
     pkgs_python=()
-    pkgs_dev=(pkg-config g++ gcc libc6-dev libgflags-dev zlib1g-dev nlohmann-json-dev make curl sudo)
+    pkgs_dev=(pkg-config g++ gcc libc6-dev make sudo)
 
 elif [ "$os" == "ubuntu18.04" ] ; then
 
-    pkgs_core=(libtbb2 libpugixml1v5)
+    pkgs_core=(libtbb2)
     pkgs_gpu=(ocl-icd-libopencl1)
     pkgs_python=(python3.8 libpython3.8 python3.8-venv python3-pip)
-    pkgs_dev=(cmake pkg-config g++ gcc libc6-dev libgflags-dev zlib1g-dev nlohmann-json-dev make curl sudo)
+    pkgs_dev=(cmake pkg-config g++ gcc libc6-dev make sudo)
 
 elif [ "$os" == "ubuntu20.04" ] || [ "$os" == "debian10" ] || [ "$os" == "raspbian10" ] ||
      [ "$os" == "ubuntu21.10" ] || [ "$os" == "ubuntu22.04" ] || [ "$os" == "debian11" ] || [ "$os" == "raspbian11" ] ||
      [ "$os" == "ubuntu22.10" ] || [ "$os" == "ubuntu23.04" ] || [ "$os" == "debian12" ] || [ "$os" == "raspbian12" ]; then
 
-    pkgs_core=(libpugixml1v5)
+    pkgs_core=()
     pkgs_gpu=(ocl-icd-libopencl1)
     pkgs_python=(python3 python3-venv python3-pip)
-    pkgs_dev=(cmake pkg-config g++ gcc libc6-dev libgflags-dev zlib1g-dev nlohmann-json3-dev make curl sudo)
+    pkgs_dev=(cmake pkg-config g++ gcc libc6-dev make sudo)
 
     if [ "$os" == "ubuntu22.04" ] || [ "$os" == "ubuntu22.10" ] || [ "$os" == "ubuntu23.04" ] ||
        [ "$os" == "debian12" ] || [ "$os" == "raspbian12" ] ; then
@@ -160,11 +166,17 @@ elif [ "$os" == "ubuntu20.04" ] || [ "$os" == "debian10" ] || [ "$os" == "raspbi
         pkgs_python+=(libpython3.11)
     fi
 
-elif [ "$os" == "centos7" ] || [ "$os" == "centos8" ] ||
+elif [ "$os" == "centos7" ] || [ "$os" == "centos8" ] || [ "$os" == "centos9" ] ||
      [ "$os" == "rhel8" ] || [ "$os" == "rhel9.1" ] ||
-     [ "$os" == "fedora34" ] || [ "$os" == "fedora35" ] || [ "$os" == "fedora36" ] ||
-     [ "$os" == "fedora36" ] || [ "$os" == "fedora38" ] ||
-     [ "$os" == "almalinux8.7" ] || [ "$os" == "amzn2" ] ; then
+     [ "$os" == "anolis8.6" ] || [ "$os" == "anolis8.8" ] ||
+     [ "$os" == "openEuler20.03" ] || [ "$os" == "openEuler22.03" ] || [ "$os" == "openEuler23.03" ] ||
+     [ "$os" == "fedora29" ] || [ "$os" == "fedora30" ] || [ "$os" == "fedora31" ] || [ "$os" == "fedora32" ] ||
+     [ "$os" == "fedora33" ] || [ "$os" == "fedora34" ] || [ "$os" == "fedora35" ] || [ "$os" == "fedora36" ] ||
+     [ "$os" == "fedora37" ] || [ "$os" == "fedora38" ] || [ "$os" == "fedora39" ] || [ "$os" == "fedora40" ] ||
+     [ "$os" == "ol8.7" ] || [ "$os" == "ol8.8" ] || [ "$os" == "ol9.2" ] ||
+     [ "$os" == "rocky8.7" ] || [ "$os" == "rocky8.8" ] || [ "$os" == "rocky9.2" ] ||
+     [ "$os" == "almalinux8.7" ] || [ "$os" == "almalinux8.8" ] || [ "$os" == "almalinux9.2" ] ||
+     [ "$os" == "amzn2" ] || [ "$os" == "amzn2022" ] || [ "$os" == "amzn2023" ] ; then
 
     arch=$(uname -m)
 
@@ -172,8 +184,10 @@ elif [ "$os" == "centos7" ] || [ "$os" == "centos8" ] ||
         amazon-linux-extras install epel python3.8
     fi
 
-    pkgs_dev=(gcc gcc-c++ make glibc libstdc++ libgcc cmake3 "json-devel.$arch" "zlib-devel.$arch" sudo)
+    pkgs_core=()
     pkgs_gpu=()
+    pkgs_python=()
+    pkgs_dev=(gcc gcc-c++ make glibc libstdc++ libgcc cmake3 sudo)
 
     if [ "$os" == "centos7" ] || [ "$os" == "amzn2" ] ; then
         pkgs_dev+=(pkgconfig)
@@ -181,53 +195,39 @@ elif [ "$os" == "centos7" ] || [ "$os" == "centos8" ] ||
         pkgs_dev+=(pkgconf-pkg-config)
     fi
 
-    if [ "$os" == "rhel9.1" ] ; then
-        pkgs_dev+=(curl-minimal)
-    else
-        pkgs_dev+=(curl)
-    fi
-
-    if [ "$os" == "fedora35" ] || [ "$os" == "fedora35" ] || [ "$os" == "fedora36" ] ||
-       [ "$os" == "fedora36" ] || [ "$os" == "fedora38" ] ; then
-        pkgs_core=("tbb.$arch" "pugixml.$arch" "gflags.$arch")
-        pkgs_python=(python3 python3-pip)
-        pkgs_dev+=("gflags-devel.$arch")
+    if [ "$os" == "fedora29" ] || [ "$os" == "fedora30" ] || [ "$os" == "fedora31" ] || [ "$os" == "fedora32" ] ||
+       [ "$os" == "fedora33" ] || [ "$os" == "fedora34" ] || [ "$os" == "fedora35" ] || [ "$os" == "fedora36" ] ||
+       [ "$os" == "fedora37" ] || [ "$os" == "fedora38" ] || [ "$os" == "fedora39" ] || [ "$os" == "fedora40" ] ||
+       [ "$os" == "ol8.7" ] || [ "$os" == "ol8.8" ] || [ "$os" == "ol9.2" ] ||
+       [ "$os" == "rocky8.7" ] || [ "$os" == "rocky8.8" ] || [ "$os" == "rocky9.2" ] ||
+       [ "$os" == "almalinux8.7" ] || [ "$os" == "almalinux8.8" ] || [ "$os" == "almalinux9.2" ] ||
+       [ "$os" == "centos8" ] || [ "$os" == "centos9" ] ||
+       [ "$os" == "amzn2022" ] || [ "$os" == "amzn2023" ] ||
+       [ "$os" == "anolis8.6" ] || [ "$os" == "anolis8.8" ] ||
+       [ "$os" == "openEuler20.03" ] || [ "$os" == "openEuler22.03" ] || [ "$os" == "openEuler23.03" ] ; then
+        pkgs_core+=("tbb.$arch")
+        pkgs_python+=(python3 python3-pip)
     fi
 
     if [ "$os" == "centos7" ] || [ "$os" == "amzn2" ] ; then
-        pkgs_core=("tbb.$arch" "pugixml.$arch" "gflags.$arch")
         pkgs_gpu+=("ocl-icd.$arch")
-        pkgs_dev+=("gflags-devel.$arch")
         extra_repos+=("https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm")
-    elif [ "$os" == "centos8" ] || [ "$os" == "rhel8" ] || [ "$os" == "almalinux8.7" ] ; then
-        pkgs_core+=(
-            "https://vault.centos.org/centos/8/AppStream/$arch/os/Packages/tbb-2018.2-9.el8.$arch.rpm"
-            "https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/8/Everything/$arch/Packages/p/pugixml-1.13-1.el8.$arch.rpm"
-            "https://vault.centos.org/centos/8/PowerTools/$arch/os/Packages/gflags-2.1.2-6.el8.$arch.rpm"
-        )
+    elif [ "$os" == "rhel8" ] ; then
+        pkgs_core+=("https://vault.centos.org/centos/8/AppStream/$arch/os/Packages/tbb-2018.2-9.el8.$arch.rpm")
         pkgs_gpu+=("http://mirror.centos.org/centos/8-stream/AppStream/$arch/os/Packages/ocl-icd-2.2.12-1.el8.$arch.rpm")
         pkgs_python+=(python38 python38-pip)
-        pkgs_dev+=(
-            "https://vault.centos.org/centos/8/PowerTools/$arch/os/Packages/gflags-devel-2.1.2-6.el8.$arch.rpm"
-            "https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/8/Everything/$arch/Packages/j/json-devel-3.6.1-2.el8.$arch.rpm"
-        )
         extra_repos+=("https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm")
     elif [ "$os" == "rhel9.1" ] ; then
-        pkgs_core=(
-            "http://mirror.stream.centos.org/9-stream/AppStream/$arch/os/Packages/tbb-2020.3-8.el9.$arch.rpm"
-            "https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/9/Everything/$arch/Packages/p/pugixml-1.13-1.el9.$arch.rpm"
-            "https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/9/Everything/$arch/Packages/g/gflags-2.2.2-9.el9.$arch.rpm"
-        )
+        pkgs_core+=("http://mirror.stream.centos.org/9-stream/AppStream/$arch/os/Packages/tbb-2020.3-8.el9.$arch.rpm")
         pkgs_gpu+=("https://mirror.stream.centos.org/9-stream/AppStream/$arch/os/Packages/ocl-icd-2.2.13-4.el9.$arch.rpm")
-        pkgs_python=(python3 python3-pip)
-        pkgs_dev+=("https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/9/Everything/$arch/Packages/g/gflags-devel-2.2.2-9.el9.$arch.rpm")
+        pkgs_python+=(python3 python3-pip)
         extra_repos+=("https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm")
     fi
 elif [ "$os" == "opensuse-leap15.3" ] ; then
-    pkgs_core=(libtbb2 libtbbmalloc2 libpugixml1)
+    pkgs_core=(libtbb2 libtbbmalloc2)
     pkgs_gpu=(libOpenCL1)
     pkgs_python=(python39-base python39 python39-venv python39-pip)
-    pkgs_dev=(cmake pkg-config gcc-c++ gcc gflags-devel-static zlib-devel nlohmann_json-devel make curl sudo)
+    pkgs_dev=(cmake pkg-config gcc-c++ gcc make sudo)
 else
     echo "Internal script error: invalid OS (${os}) after check (package selection)" >&2
     exit 3
@@ -279,11 +279,18 @@ if [ "$os" == "debian9" ] || [ "$os" == "raspbian9" ] || [ "$os" == "ubuntu18.04
 
     apt-get update && apt-get install --no-install-recommends "$iopt" "${pkgs[@]}"
 
-elif [ "$os" == "centos7" ] || [ "$os" == "centos8" ] ||
+elif [ "$os" == "centos7" ] || [ "$os" == "centos8" ] || [ "$os" == "centos9" ] ||
      [ "$os" == "rhel8" ] || [ "$os" == "rhel9.1" ] ||
-     [ "$os" == "fedora34" ] || [ "$os" == "fedora35" ] || [ "$os" == "fedora36" ] ||
+     [ "$os" == "anolis8.6" ] || [ "$os" == "anolis8.8" ] ||
+     [ "$os" == "openEuler20.03" ] || [ "$os" == "openEuler22.03" ] || [ "$os" == "openEuler23.03" ] ||
+     [ "$os" == "fedora29" ] || [ "$os" == "fedora30" ] || [ "$os" == "fedora31" ] || [ "$os" == "fedora32" ] ||
+     [ "$os" == "fedora33" ] || [ "$os" == "fedora34" ] || [ "$os" == "fedora35" ] || [ "$os" == "fedora36" ] ||
+     [ "$os" == "fedora37" ] || [ "$os" == "fedora38" ] || [ "$os" == "fedora39" ] || [ "$os" == "fedora40" ] ||
      [ "$os" == "fedora36" ] || [ "$os" == "fedora38" ] ||
-     [ "$os" == "almalinux8.7" ] || [ "$os" == "amzn2" ] ; then
+     [ "$os" == "ol8.7" ] || [ "$os" == "ol8.8" ] || [ "$os" == "ol9.2" ] ||
+     [ "$os" == "rocky8.7" ] || [ "$os" == "rocky8.8" ] || [ "$os" == "rocky9.2" ] ||
+     [ "$os" == "almalinux8.7" ] || [ "$os" == "almalinux8.8" ] || [ "$os" == "almalinux9.2" ] ||
+     [ "$os" == "amzn2" ] || [ "$os" == "amzn2022" ] || [ "$os" == "amzn2023" ] ; then
 
     [ -z "$interactive" ] && iopt="--assumeyes"
     [ -n "$dry" ] && iopt="--downloadonly"
diff --git a/thirdparty/dependencies.cmake b/thirdparty/dependencies.cmake
index 4eed13c9a79af6..6b89325fed4a2f 100644
--- a/thirdparty/dependencies.cmake
+++ b/thirdparty/dependencies.cmake
@@ -124,26 +124,7 @@ endif()
 #
 
 if(ENABLE_SAMPLES OR ENABLE_TESTS)
-    find_package(ZLIB QUIET)
-    if(ZLIB_FOUND)
-        # FindZLIB module defines ZLIB::ZLIB, no extra steps are required
-    endif()
-
-    # cmake has failed to find zlib, let's try pkg-config
-    if(NOT ZLIB_FOUND AND PkgConfig_FOUND)
-        pkg_search_module(zlib QUIET
-                          IMPORTED_TARGET
-                          zlib)
-        if(zlib_FOUND)
-            add_library(ZLIB::ZLIB INTERFACE IMPORTED)
-            set_target_properties(ZLIB::ZLIB PROPERTIES INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES PkgConfig::zlib)
-            message(STATUS "${PKG_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE}: zlib (${zlib_VERSION}) is found at ${zlib_PREFIX}")
-        endif()
-    endif()
-
-    if(NOT (zlib_FOUND OR ZLIB_FOUND))
-        add_subdirectory(thirdparty/zlib EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
-    endif()
+    add_subdirectory(thirdparty/zlib EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 endif()
 
 #
@@ -324,51 +305,8 @@ endif()
 #
 
 if(ENABLE_SAMPLES OR ENABLE_TESTS)
-    if(OV_VCPKG_BUILD OR OV_CONAN_BUILD)
-        # vcpkg contains only libs compiled with threads
-        # conan case
-        find_package(gflags QUIET)
-    elseif(APPLE OR WIN32)
-        # on Windows and macOS we don't use gflags, because will be dynamically linked
-    elseif(CMAKE_HOST_LINUX AND LINUX)
-        if(OV_OS_RHEL)
-            set(gflag_component nothreads_shared)
-        elseif(OV_OS_DEBIAN)
-            set(gflag_component nothreads_static)
-        endif()
-        find_package(gflags QUIET OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS ${gflag_component})
-    endif()
-
-    if(gflags_FOUND)
-        if(TARGET gflags)
-            # no extra steps
-        elseif(TARGET gflags_nothreads-static)
-            # Debian 9: gflag_component is ignored
-            set(gflags_target gflags_nothreads-static)
-        elseif(TARGET gflags_nothreads-shared)
-            # CentOS / RHEL / Fedora case
-            set(gflags_target gflags_nothreads-shared)
-        elseif(TARGET ${GFLAGS_TARGET})
-            set(gflags_target ${GFLAGS_TARGET})
-        else()
-            message(FATAL_ERROR "Internal error: failed to find imported target 'gflags' using '${gflag_component}' component")
-        endif()
-
-        if(gflags_target)
-            if(OV_PkgConfig_VISILITY)
-                # need to set GLOBAL visibility in order to create ALIAS for this target
-                set_target_properties(${gflags_target} PROPERTIES IMPORTED_GLOBAL ON)
-            endif()
-            add_library(gflags ALIAS ${gflags_target})
-        endif()
-
-        message(STATUS "gflags (${gflags_VERSION}) is found at ${gflags_DIR} using '${gflag_component}' component")
-    endif()
-
-    if(NOT TARGET gflags)
-        add_subdirectory(thirdparty/gflags EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
-        ov_developer_package_export_targets(TARGET gflags)
-    endif()
+    add_subdirectory(thirdparty/gflags EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+    ov_developer_package_export_targets(TARGET gflags)
 endif()
 
 #
@@ -607,73 +545,58 @@ endif()
 # Install
 #
 
-if(CPACK_GENERATOR MATCHES "^(DEB|RPM|CONDA-FORGE|BREW|CONAN|VCPKG)$")
-    # These libraries are dependencies for openvino-samples package
-    if(ENABLE_SAMPLES OR ENABLE_TESTS)
-        if(NOT gflags_FOUND AND CPACK_GENERATOR MATCHES "^(DEB|RPM)$")
-            message(FATAL_ERROR "gflags must be used as a ${CPACK_GENERATOR} package. Install libgflags-dev / gflags-devel")
-        endif()
-        if(NOT (zlib_FOUND OR ZLIB_FOUND))
-            message(FATAL_ERROR "zlib must be used as a ${CPACK_GENERATOR} package. Install zlib1g-dev / zlib-devel")
-        endif()
-    endif()
+install(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/thirdparty/gflags
+        DESTINATION ${OV_CPACK_SAMPLESDIR}/cpp/thirdparty
+        COMPONENT ${OV_CPACK_COMP_CPP_SAMPLES}
+        ${OV_CPACK_COMP_CPP_SAMPLES_EXCLUDE_ALL}
+        PATTERN bazel EXCLUDE
+        PATTERN doc EXCLUDE
+        PATTERN .git EXCLUDE
+        PATTERN appveyor.yml EXCLUDE
+        PATTERN AUTHORS.txt EXCLUDE
+        PATTERN BUILD EXCLUDE
+        PATTERN ChangeLog.txt EXCLUDE
+        PATTERN .gitattributes EXCLUDE
+        PATTERN .gitignore EXCLUDE
+        PATTERN .gitmodules EXCLUDE
+        PATTERN test EXCLUDE
+        PATTERN INSTALL.md EXCLUDE
+        PATTERN README.md EXCLUDE
+        PATTERN .travis.yml EXCLUDE
+        PATTERN src/gflags_completions.sh EXCLUDE
+        PATTERN WORKSPACE EXCLUDE)
+
+file(GLOB zlib_sources ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/thirdparty/zlib/zlib/*.c
+                        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/thirdparty/zlib/zlib/*.h)
+install(FILES ${zlib_sources}
+        DESTINATION ${OV_CPACK_SAMPLESDIR}/cpp/thirdparty/zlib/zlib
+        COMPONENT ${OV_CPACK_COMP_CPP_SAMPLES}
+        ${OV_CPACK_COMP_CPP_SAMPLES_EXCLUDE_ALL})
+install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/thirdparty/zlib/CMakeLists.txt
+        DESTINATION ${OV_CPACK_SAMPLESDIR}/cpp/thirdparty/zlib
+        COMPONENT ${OV_CPACK_COMP_CPP_SAMPLES}
+        ${OV_CPACK_COMP_CPP_SAMPLES_EXCLUDE_ALL})
 
-    if(NOT ENABLE_SYSTEM_PUGIXML)
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "Pugixml must be used as a ${CPACK_GENERATOR} package. Install libpugixml-dev / pugixml-devel")
-    endif()
-elseif(APPLE OR WIN32)
-    install(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/thirdparty/gflags
-            DESTINATION ${OV_CPACK_SAMPLESDIR}/cpp/thirdparty
-            COMPONENT ${OV_CPACK_COMP_CPP_SAMPLES}
-            ${OV_CPACK_COMP_CPP_SAMPLES_EXCLUDE_ALL}
-            PATTERN bazel EXCLUDE
-            PATTERN doc EXCLUDE
-            PATTERN .git EXCLUDE
-            PATTERN appveyor.yml EXCLUDE
-            PATTERN AUTHORS.txt EXCLUDE
-            PATTERN BUILD EXCLUDE
-            PATTERN ChangeLog.txt EXCLUDE
-            PATTERN .gitattributes EXCLUDE
-            PATTERN .gitignore EXCLUDE
-            PATTERN .gitmodules EXCLUDE
-            PATTERN test EXCLUDE
-            PATTERN INSTALL.md EXCLUDE
-            PATTERN README.md EXCLUDE
-            PATTERN .travis.yml EXCLUDE
-            PATTERN WORKSPACE EXCLUDE)
-
-    file(GLOB zlib_sources ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/thirdparty/zlib/zlib/*.c
-                           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/thirdparty/zlib/zlib/*.h)
-    install(FILES ${zlib_sources}
-            DESTINATION ${OV_CPACK_SAMPLESDIR}/cpp/thirdparty/zlib/zlib
-            COMPONENT ${OV_CPACK_COMP_CPP_SAMPLES}
-            ${OV_CPACK_COMP_CPP_SAMPLES_EXCLUDE_ALL})
-    install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/thirdparty/zlib/CMakeLists.txt
-            DESTINATION ${OV_CPACK_SAMPLESDIR}/cpp/thirdparty/zlib
-            COMPONENT ${OV_CPACK_COMP_CPP_SAMPLES}
-            ${OV_CPACK_COMP_CPP_SAMPLES_EXCLUDE_ALL})
-
-    install(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/thirdparty/json/nlohmann_json
-            DESTINATION ${OV_CPACK_SAMPLESDIR}/cpp/thirdparty
-            COMPONENT ${OV_CPACK_COMP_CPP_SAMPLES}
-            ${OV_CPACK_COMP_CPP_SAMPLES_EXCLUDE_ALL}
-            PATTERN ChangeLog.md EXCLUDE
-            PATTERN CITATION.cff EXCLUDE
-            PATTERN .clang-format EXCLUDE
-            PATTERN .clang-tidy EXCLUDE
-            PATTERN docs EXCLUDE
-            PATTERN .git EXCLUDE
-            PATTERN .github EXCLUDE
-            PATTERN .gitignore EXCLUDE
-            PATTERN .lgtm.yml EXCLUDE
-            PATTERN Makefile EXCLUDE
-            PATTERN meson.build EXCLUDE
-            PATTERN README.md EXCLUDE
-            PATTERN .reuse EXCLUDE
-            PATTERN tests EXCLUDE
-            PATTERN tools EXCLUDE
-            PATTERN wsjcpp.yml EXCLUDE)
-endif()
+install(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/thirdparty/json/nlohmann_json
+        DESTINATION ${OV_CPACK_SAMPLESDIR}/cpp/thirdparty
+        COMPONENT ${OV_CPACK_COMP_CPP_SAMPLES}
+        ${OV_CPACK_COMP_CPP_SAMPLES_EXCLUDE_ALL}
+        PATTERN ChangeLog.md EXCLUDE
+        PATTERN CITATION.cff EXCLUDE
+        PATTERN .clang-format EXCLUDE
+        PATTERN .clang-tidy EXCLUDE
+        PATTERN docs EXCLUDE
+        PATTERN .git EXCLUDE
+        PATTERN .github EXCLUDE
+        PATTERN .gitignore EXCLUDE
+        PATTERN .lgtm.yml EXCLUDE
+        PATTERN Makefile EXCLUDE
+        PATTERN meson.build EXCLUDE
+        PATTERN README.md EXCLUDE
+        PATTERN .reuse EXCLUDE
+        PATTERN tests EXCLUDE
+        PATTERN tools EXCLUDE
+        PATTERN wsjcpp.yml EXCLUDE)
 
 install(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/thirdparty/cnpy
         DESTINATION ${OV_CPACK_SAMPLESDIR}/cpp/thirdparty
diff --git a/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg.json
index fc30546a81f6d8..2fa0218e839c31 100644
--- a/vcpkg.json
+++ b/vcpkg.json
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
     "builtin-baseline": "db0473513e5dc73ec6b6f431ff05d2f398eea042",
     "dependencies": [
         "ade",
-        "gflags",
-        "nlohmann-json",
         {
             "name": "pkgconf",
             "host": true