diff --git a/components/bt/host/nimble/Kconfig.in b/components/bt/host/nimble/Kconfig.in
index bcfe46d2be..2f08182313 100644
--- a/components/bt/host/nimble/Kconfig.in
+++ b/components/bt/host/nimble/Kconfig.in
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 
 config BT_NIMBLE_MAX_CONNECTIONS
     int "Maximum number of concurrent connections"
-    range 1 10
-    default 1
+    range 1 9
+    default BTDM_CTRL_BLE_MAX_CONN
     depends on BT_NIMBLE_ENABLED
     help
         Defines maximum number of concurrent BLE connections
diff --git a/components/bt/host/nimble/nimble b/components/bt/host/nimble/nimble
index 5f6348d0dd..acaed3b6a8 160000
--- a/components/bt/host/nimble/nimble
+++ b/components/bt/host/nimble/nimble
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 5f6348d0ddd7f98841e458bbc808e8f7f5f23b23
+Subproject commit acaed3b6a860457b5cf61ecddce7d7be2c61a60a