diff --git a/ignite/distributed/comp_models/xla.py b/ignite/distributed/comp_models/xla.py
index ac8922adb417..fdd4be80d181 100644
--- a/ignite/distributed/comp_models/xla.py
+++ b/ignite/distributed/comp_models/xla.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ def create_from_context() -> Optional["_XlaDistModel"]:
             return _XlaDistModel()
 
         @staticmethod
-        def create_from_backend(backend: str = "xla-tpu", **kwargs) -> "_XlaDistModel":
+        def create_from_backend(backend: str = XLA_TPU, **kwargs) -> "_XlaDistModel":
             return _XlaDistModel(backend=backend, **kwargs)
 
         def __init__(self, backend=None, **kwargs):
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def _create_from_backend(self, backend, **kwargs):
             self._setup_attrs()
 
         def _init_from_context(self):
-            self._backend = "xla-tpu"
+            self._backend = XLA_TPU
             self._setup_attrs()
 
         def _compute_nproc_per_node(self):
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ def spawn(
             nproc_per_node: int = 1,
             nnodes: int = 1,
             node_rank: int = 0,
-            backend: str = "xla-tpu",
+            backend: str = XLA_TPU,
             **kwargs
         ):
             import os