diff --git a/src/frontends/onnx/onnx_common/CMakeLists.txt b/src/frontends/onnx/onnx_common/CMakeLists.txt
index ef3d4ce3c1a..4c4c5b0100d 100644
--- a/src/frontends/onnx/onnx_common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/frontends/onnx/onnx_common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,18 +23,15 @@ set_target_properties(${TARGET_NAME} PROPERTIES
 set(ONNX_COMMON_INCLUDE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
 set(ONNX_COMMON_SRC_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src)
 
-target_include_directories(${TARGET_NAME} PUBLIC $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${ONNX_COMMON_INCLUDE_DIR}>
-                                                 $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${FRONTEND_INSTALL_INCLUDE}>)
+target_include_directories(${TARGET_NAME}
+    PUBLIC $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${ONNX_COMMON_INCLUDE_DIR}>
+           $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${FRONTEND_INSTALL_INCLUDE}>
+    PRIVATE ${ONNX_COMMON_SRC_DIR})
 
 target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE openvino::runtime)
 
-if(ONNX_USE_LITE_PROTO)
-    link_system_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} PUBLIC onnx_proto onnx protobuf::libprotobuf-lite)
-else()
-    link_system_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} PUBLIC onnx_proto onnx protobuf::libprotobuf)
-endif()
+link_system_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} PUBLIC onnx_proto onnx)
 
-target_include_directories(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE ${ONNX_COMMON_SRC_DIR})
 add_clang_format_target(${TARGET_NAME}_clang FOR_TARGETS ${TARGET_NAME})
 
 ov_install_static_lib(${TARGET_NAME} ${OV_CPACK_COMP_CORE})
diff --git a/src/frontends/onnx/onnx_common/src/utils.cpp b/src/frontends/onnx/onnx_common/src/utils.cpp
index ad2c6c9ee6b..eab9d7d929f 100644
--- a/src/frontends/onnx/onnx_common/src/utils.cpp
+++ b/src/frontends/onnx/onnx_common/src/utils.cpp
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ const std::map<element::Type_t, TensorProto_DataType> NG_2_ONNX_TYPES = {
     {element::Type_t::boolean, TensorProto_DataType::TensorProto_DataType_BOOL}};
 }  // namespace
 
-element::Type_t onnx_to_ng_data_type(const TensorProto_DataType& onnx_type) {
+element::Type_t onnx_to_ng_data_type(const ONNX_NAMESPACE::TensorProto_DataType& onnx_type) {
     const auto result =
         std::find_if(NG_2_ONNX_TYPES.begin(),
                      NG_2_ONNX_TYPES.end(),
diff --git a/thirdparty/dependencies.cmake b/thirdparty/dependencies.cmake
index 0be8a7cf30e..3b9d9dc5b0f 100644
--- a/thirdparty/dependencies.cmake
+++ b/thirdparty/dependencies.cmake
@@ -409,7 +409,9 @@ if(ENABLE_OV_PADDLE_FRONTEND OR ENABLE_OV_ONNX_FRONTEND OR ENABLE_OV_TF_FRONTEND
     if(ENABLE_SYSTEM_PROTOBUF)
         # Note: Debian / Ubuntu / RHEL libprotobuf.a can only be used with -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
         # because they are compiled without -fPIC
-        set(Protobuf_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
+        if(NOT DEFINED Protobuf_USE_STATIC_LIBS)
+            set(Protobuf_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
+        endif()
         if(CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE)
             set(Protobuf_DEBUG ON)
         endif()