diff --git a/components/bt/host/nimble/Kconfig.in b/components/bt/host/nimble/Kconfig.in
index f0e7c24244..8b2d6946ad 100644
--- a/components/bt/host/nimble/Kconfig.in
+++ b/components/bt/host/nimble/Kconfig.in
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ config BT_NIMBLE_ENABLE_CONN_REATTEMPT
 
 config BT_NIMBLE_MAX_CONN_REATTEMPT
     int "Maximum number connection reattempts"
-    range 1 7
+    range 1 255
     default 3
     depends on BT_NIMBLE_ENABLED && BT_NIMBLE_ENABLE_CONN_REATTEMPT
     help