diff --git a/dpnp/dpnp_iface_manipulation.py b/dpnp/dpnp_iface_manipulation.py
index 228b17c69eb..a6e30597907 100644
--- a/dpnp/dpnp_iface_manipulation.py
+++ b/dpnp/dpnp_iface_manipulation.py
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ def _unique_build_sort_indices(a, index_sh):
 
     """
 
-    is_complex = dpnp.iscomplexobj(a)
+    is_inexact = dpnp.issubdtype(a, dpnp.inexact)
     if dpnp.issubdtype(a.dtype, numpy.unsignedinteger):
         ar_cmp = a.astype(dpnp.intp)
     elif dpnp.issubdtype(a.dtype, dpnp.bool):
@@ -200,8 +200,27 @@ def compare_axis_elems(idx1, idx2):
         comp = dpnp.trim_zeros(ar_cmp[idx1] - ar_cmp[idx2], "f")
         if comp.shape[0] > 0:
             diff = comp[0]
-            if is_complex and dpnp.isnan(diff):
-                return True
+            if is_inexact and dpnp.isnan(diff):
+                isnan1 = dpnp.isnan(ar_cmp[idx1])
+                if not isnan1.any():  # no NaN in ar_cmp[idx1]
+                    return True  # ar_cmp[idx1] goes to left
+
+                isnan2 = dpnp.isnan(ar_cmp[idx2])
+                if not isnan2.any():  # no NaN in ar_cmp[idx2]
+                    return False  # ar_cmp[idx1] goes to right
+
+                # for complex all NaNs are considered equivalent
+                if (isnan1 & isnan2).all():  # NaNs at the same places
+                    return False  # ar_cmp[idx1] goes to right
+
+                xor_nan_idx = dpnp.where(isnan1 ^ isnan2)[0]
+                if xor_nan_idx.size == 0:
+                    return False
+
+                if dpnp.isnan(ar_cmp[idx2][xor_nan_idx[0]]):
+                    # first NaN in XOR mask is from ar_cmp[idx2]
+                    return True  # ar_cmp[idx1] goes to left
+                return False
             return diff < 0
         return False
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 528ba40a411..5b8c944b2c9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ exclude-protected = ["_create_from_usm_ndarray"]
 max-args = 11
 max-locals = 30
 max-branches = 15
-max-returns = 7
+max-returns = 8
 
 [tool.pylint.format]
 max-line-length = 80
diff --git a/tests/test_manipulation.py b/tests/test_manipulation.py
index abea70f6180..991c5106af7 100644
--- a/tests/test_manipulation.py
+++ b/tests/test_manipulation.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 from .helper import (
     get_all_dtypes,
     get_complex_dtypes,
+    get_float_complex_dtypes,
     get_float_dtypes,
     get_integer_dtypes,
     has_support_aspect64,
@@ -88,21 +89,6 @@ def test_result_type_only_arrays():
     assert dpnp.result_type(*X) == numpy.result_type(*X_np)
 
 
-@pytest.mark.usefixtures("allow_fall_back_on_numpy")
-@pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    "array",
-    [[1, 2, 3], [1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 4], [2, 2, 2, 2], []],
-    ids=["[1, 2, 3]", "[1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 4]", "[2, 2, 2, 2]", "[]"],
-)
-def test_unique(array):
-    np_a = numpy.array(array)
-    dpnp_a = dpnp.array(array)
-
-    expected = numpy.unique(np_a)
-    result = dpnp.unique(dpnp_a)
-    assert_array_equal(result, expected)
-
-
 class TestRepeat:
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         "data",
@@ -748,3 +734,47 @@ def test_equal_nan(self, eq_nan_kwd):
         result = dpnp.unique(ia, **eq_nan_kwd)
         expected = numpy.unique(a, **eq_nan_kwd)
         assert_array_equal(result, expected)
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("dt", get_float_complex_dtypes())
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "axis_kwd",
+        [
+            {},
+            {"axis": 0},
+            {"axis": 1},
+        ],
+    )
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "return_kwds",
+        [
+            {},
+            {
+                "return_index": True,
+                "return_inverse": True,
+                "return_counts": True,
+            },
+        ],
+    )
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        "row", [[2, 3, 4], [2, numpy.nan, 4], [numpy.nan, 3, 4]]
+    )
+    def test_2d_axis_nans(self, dt, axis_kwd, return_kwds, row):
+        a = numpy.array(
+            [
+                [1, 0, 0],
+                [1, 0, 0],
+                [numpy.nan, numpy.nan, numpy.nan],
+                row,
+                [1, 0, 1],
+                [numpy.nan, numpy.nan, numpy.nan],
+            ]
+        ).astype(dt)
+        ia = dpnp.array(a)
+
+        result = dpnp.unique(ia, **axis_kwd, **return_kwds)
+        expected = numpy.unique(a, **axis_kwd, **return_kwds)
+        if len(return_kwds) == 0:
+            assert_array_equal(result, expected)
+        else:
+            for iv, v in zip(result, expected):
+                assert_array_equal(iv, v)
diff --git a/tests/test_sycl_queue.py b/tests/test_sycl_queue.py
index 4c13416606c..6ef1d60bc88 100644
--- a/tests/test_sycl_queue.py
+++ b/tests/test_sycl_queue.py
@@ -2393,6 +2393,11 @@ def test_astype(device_x, device_y):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("axis", [None, 0, -1])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "device",
+    valid_devices,
+    ids=[device.filter_string for device in valid_devices],
+)
 def test_unique(axis, device):
     a = numpy.array([[1, 1], [2, 3]])
     ia = dpnp.array(a, device=device)
diff --git a/tests/third_party/cupy/manipulation_tests/test_add_remove.py b/tests/third_party/cupy/manipulation_tests/test_add_remove.py
index 4037b22cda3..36ed6f74f36 100644
--- a/tests/third_party/cupy/manipulation_tests/test_add_remove.py
+++ b/tests/third_party/cupy/manipulation_tests/test_add_remove.py
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ def test_unique_equal_nan(self, xp, dtype, equal_nan):
                 [[2, xp.nan, 2], [xp.nan, 1, xp.nan], [xp.nan, 1, xp.nan]],
                 dtype=dtype,
             )
-        return xp.unique(a, axis=0, equal_nan=equal_nan)
+        return xp.unique(a, axis=1, equal_nan=equal_nan)
 
 
 @testing.parameterize(*testing.product({"trim": ["fb", "f", "b"]}))