diff --git a/paddle/fluid/platform/device/ipu/ipu_backend.cc b/paddle/fluid/platform/device/ipu/ipu_backend.cc
index 0871624a5d749fe5042d4b4239b42ab4f25f7967..9e960a99123c07778c511e2ae4bf78072553bd40 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/platform/device/ipu/ipu_backend.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/platform/device/ipu/ipu_backend.cc
@@ -74,11 +74,7 @@ void IpuBackend::WeightsToHost() { executor_->WeightsToHost(); }
 
 void IpuBackend::Detach() { executor_->Detach(); }
 
-void IpuBackend::Reset() {
-  executor_->Detach();
-  compiler_.reset();
-  executor_.reset();
-}
+void IpuBackend::Reset() { executor_->Reset(); }
 
 void IpuBackend::SetScope(const framework::Scope& scope) {
   scope_ = &scope;
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/platform/device/ipu/ipu_executor.cc b/paddle/fluid/platform/device/ipu/ipu_executor.cc
index 4f15ecf3babf289f51b9529b2d767ba54bf2ad0e..d490334ee33f52145b47e1e025ed29d9a0632f68 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/platform/device/ipu/ipu_executor.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/platform/device/ipu/ipu_executor.cc
@@ -88,11 +88,7 @@ class PdIArray final : public popart::IArray {
 
 }  // namespace
 
-Executor::~Executor() {
-  Detach();
-  session_.reset();
-  executor_resources_.reset();
-}
+Executor::~Executor() { Reset(); }
 
 void Executor::Prepare(const std::string &proto) {
   VLOG(10) << "enter Executor::Prepare";
@@ -299,6 +295,12 @@ void Executor::Detach() {
   }
 }
 
+void Executor::Reset() {
+  Detach();
+  session_.reset();
+  executor_resources_.reset();
+}
+
 void Executor::SetWeightsIO() {
   auto opt_type = compiler_resources_->optimizer_type;
   VLOG(10) << "SetWeightsIO for " << opt_type;
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/platform/device/ipu/ipu_executor.h b/paddle/fluid/platform/device/ipu/ipu_executor.h
index 70c9477e69babe9ef05db388528db1d239eceaf1..1a46ebc69b19754ddf2f44394998cbea11ff6528 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/platform/device/ipu/ipu_executor.h
+++ b/paddle/fluid/platform/device/ipu/ipu_executor.h
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ class Executor {
   // Detach IPU
   void Detach();
 
+  // Reset session
+  void Reset();
+
   // Scope
   void SetScope(const Scope *scope) { scope_ = scope; }
 
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/ipu/op_test_ipu.py b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/ipu/op_test_ipu.py
index 2583d9409a0a78d58c67398f2f677c1dad7bfc69..ad11083b677736c6731fdaf919460926b3e9f3e9 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/ipu/op_test_ipu.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/ipu/op_test_ipu.py
@@ -128,6 +128,11 @@ class IPUOpTest(IPUTest):
         cls.fetch_list: List[str] = None
         cls.output_dict: Optional[Dict] = {}
 
+    def tearDown(self):
+        # Manual reset when using ipumodel
+        if self.use_ipumodel():
+            paddle.framework.core.IpuBackend.get_instance().reset()
+
     @property
     def fp16_enabled(self):
         return True
diff --git a/tools/dockerfile/Dockerfile.ipu b/tools/dockerfile/Dockerfile.ipu
index ee2d984035624888e3afa67a0f497926ea247ea2..8f1948de8a4dc50f6baa194ad2a7150191008c99 100644
--- a/tools/dockerfile/Dockerfile.ipu
+++ b/tools/dockerfile/Dockerfile.ipu
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # run a container
 # docker run --ulimit memlock=-1:-1 --net=host --cap-add=IPC_LOCK --device=/dev/infiniband/ --ipc=host --rm -it paddlepaddle/paddle:latest-dev-ipu bash
 
-FROM graphcore/poplar-extbaidu:2.5.0-ubuntu-18.04-20220407
+FROM graphcore/poplar:2.5.1
 MAINTAINER PaddlePaddle Authors <paddle-dev@baidu.com>
 
 # ENV variables