diff --git a/components/bt/host/nimble/Kconfig.in b/components/bt/host/nimble/Kconfig.in
index eec575c31f..1163d4d797 100644
--- a/components/bt/host/nimble/Kconfig.in
+++ b/components/bt/host/nimble/Kconfig.in
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ 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