diff --git a/tests/stress_tests/common/ie_pipelines/pipelines.cpp b/tests/stress_tests/common/ie_pipelines/pipelines.cpp
index f968303c143..d586d21d183 100644
--- a/tests/stress_tests/common/ie_pipelines/pipelines.cpp
+++ b/tests/stress_tests/common/ie_pipelines/pipelines.cpp
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ inference_with_streams(const std::string &model, const std::string &target_devic
         unsigned int nireq = nstreams;
         auto ie_api_wrapper = create_infer_api_wrapper(api_version);
         ie_api_wrapper->load_plugin(target_device);
-        ie_api_wrapper->set_config(target_device, "THROUGHPUT_STREAMS", nstreams);
+        ie_api_wrapper->set_config(target_device, ov::AnyMap{ov::num_streams(nstreams)});
         ie_api_wrapper->read_network(model);
         ie_api_wrapper->load_network(target_device);
         try {
diff --git a/tests/stress_tests/common/infer_api/infer_api.cpp b/tests/stress_tests/common/infer_api/infer_api.cpp
index 485f6019f7f..5a4caf93469 100644
--- a/tests/stress_tests/common/infer_api/infer_api.cpp
+++ b/tests/stress_tests/common/infer_api/infer_api.cpp
@@ -55,9 +55,8 @@ void InferAPI2::change_batch_size(int multiplier, int cur_iter) {
     }
 }
 
-void InferAPI2::set_config(const std::string &device, const std::string &property, int nstreams) {
-    config[device + "_" + property] = std::to_string(nstreams);
-    ie.set_property(device, config);
+void InferAPI2::set_config(const std::string &device, const ov::AnyMap& properties) {
+    ie.set_property(device, properties);
 }
 
 unsigned int InferAPI2::get_property(const std::string &name) {
diff --git a/tests/stress_tests/common/infer_api/infer_api.h b/tests/stress_tests/common/infer_api/infer_api.h
index 65cd1b8f9d5..c16097ff1f0 100644
--- a/tests/stress_tests/common/infer_api/infer_api.h
+++ b/tests/stress_tests/common/infer_api/infer_api.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public:
 
     virtual void set_input_params(const std::string &model) = 0;
 
-    virtual void set_config(const std::string &device, const std::string &property, int nstreams) = 0;
+    virtual void set_config(const std::string &device, const ov::AnyMap &properties) = 0;
 
     virtual unsigned int get_property(const std::string &name) = 0;
 };
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ public:
 
     void set_input_params(const std::string &model) override;
 
-    void set_config(const std::string &device, const std::string &property, int nstreams) override;
+    void set_config(const std::string &device, const ov::AnyMap &properties) override;
 
     unsigned int get_property(const std::string &name) override;
 
diff --git a/tests/stress_tests/memcheck_tests/tests.cpp b/tests/stress_tests/memcheck_tests/tests.cpp
index 0f9e409e7fe..fce8d07fa09 100644
--- a/tests/stress_tests/memcheck_tests/tests.cpp
+++ b/tests/stress_tests/memcheck_tests/tests.cpp
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ TEST_P(MemCheckTestSuite, inference_with_streams) {
         unsigned int nireq = nstreams;
         auto ie_api_wrapper = create_infer_api_wrapper(test_params.api_version);
         ie_api_wrapper->load_plugin(device);
-        ie_api_wrapper->set_config(device, "THROUGHPUT_STREAMS", nstreams);
+        ie_api_wrapper->set_config(device, ov::AnyMap{ov::num_streams(nstreams)});
         ie_api_wrapper->read_network(model);
         ie_api_wrapper->load_network(device);
         try {