diff --git a/components/bt/host/nimble/Kconfig.in b/components/bt/host/nimble/Kconfig.in
index f241cd0479..5dce952722 100644
--- a/components/bt/host/nimble/Kconfig.in
+++ b/components/bt/host/nimble/Kconfig.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 config BT_NIMBLE_MAX_CONNECTIONS
     int "Maximum number of concurrent connections"
     range 1 9
-    default 1
+    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