diff --git a/.azure/hpu-tests.yml b/.azure/hpu-tests.yml
index 2935f72e2b..d8eef9d608 100644
--- a/.azure/hpu-tests.yml
+++ b/.azure/hpu-tests.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
     cancelTimeoutInMinutes: "2"
     pool: intel-hpus
     container:
-      image: "vault.habana.ai/gaudi-docker/1.7.0/ubuntu20.04/habanalabs/pytorch-installer-1.12.0:latest"
+      image: "vault.habana.ai/gaudi-docker/1.7.1/ubuntu20.04/habanalabs/pytorch-installer-1.13.0:latest"
       options: "--runtime=habana -e HABANA_VISIBLE_DEVICES=all -e OMPI_MCA_btl_vader_single_copy_mechanism=none --cap-add=sys_nice --ipc=host --shm-size=4g -v /usr/bin/docker:/tmp/docker:ro"
     workspace:
       clean: all
diff --git a/dockers/ci-runner-hpu/Dockerfile b/dockers/ci-runner-hpu/Dockerfile
index db9f911312..4e9a191efd 100644
--- a/dockers/ci-runner-hpu/Dockerfile
+++ b/dockers/ci-runner-hpu/Dockerfile
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 #        gaudi-docker-agent:latest
 
 ARG DIST="latest"
-ARG GAUDI_VERSION="1.7.0"
-ARG PYTORCH_INSTALLER_VERSION="1.12.0"
+ARG GAUDI_VERSION="1.7.1"
+ARG PYTORCH_INSTALLER_VERSION="1.13.0"
 FROM vault.habana.ai/gaudi-docker/${GAUDI_VERSION}/ubuntu20.04/habanalabs/pytorch-installer-${PYTORCH_INSTALLER_VERSION}:${DIST}
 
 LABEL maintainer="https://vault.habana.ai/"
diff --git a/src/pytorch_lightning/utilities/imports.py b/src/pytorch_lightning/utilities/imports.py
index f2efdfcb82..1fcbbbe501 100644
--- a/src/pytorch_lightning/utilities/imports.py
+++ b/src/pytorch_lightning/utilities/imports.py
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ if _HABANA_FRAMEWORK_AVAILABLE:
     from habana_frameworks.torch.utils.library_loader import is_habana_avaialble
 
     _HPU_AVAILABLE = is_habana_avaialble()
+    if _HPU_AVAILABLE:
+        _TORCH_GREATER_EQUAL_1_13 = compare_version("torch", operator.ge, "1.13.0", use_base_version=True)
 else:
     _HPU_AVAILABLE = False