The process of production and working environment of heat exchangers call for materials with good elevated temperature properties. However, the previous investigations were mainly focused on their room temperature properties. The relationship between microalloying and high temperature properties, especially creep properties of Al-Mn-based alloys are barely discussed. In order to improve the industrial applications of Al-Mn-based alloys, the effect of Mg, Ni and Zr additions and annealing process on the microstructure and high temperature properties of Al-Mn-based alloys were studied in this work. The investigated alloys were treated in two ways, first one is cold-rolling and heat treatment at 873 K for 10 min, and the second one is cold-rolling, heat treatment at 623 K for 1 h and 873 K for 10 min. The results indicate that annealing process has remarkable effect on the grain shape, fine equiaxed crystal grains are obtained in the former, while stable elongated grains are obtained for precipitation precedes recrystallization at 623 K in the latter. With Mg addition, more AlMnSi phase precipitated during annealing. The addition of Zr and Ni increases the type and amount of heat resistant compounds, precipitate Al₃Zr and AlMnSiNi, which are beneficial to improving high temperature properties of Al-Mn alloy. Al-Mn-0.3Mg-0.2Ni alloy has the best elevated temperature properties, and the tensile strength of it is 102 MPa (50 MPa higher than Al-Mn alloy) at 523 K. And the steady-creep rate is strongly decreased to 3.93×10^-8 s^-1, two orders of magnitude smaller than Al-Mn alloy at the temperature of 523 K under the stress of 40 MPa. With dispersoids compli cated or increased, the movement of dislocations are pinned strongly, which are contribute to improving the creep properties of Al-Mn alloy for the creep is mainly controlled by dislocation climb.