diff --git a/pkg/nimble/Makefile b/pkg/nimble/Makefile
index 9fc2fd4222..fd075344e5 100644
--- a/pkg/nimble/Makefile
+++ b/pkg/nimble/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 PKG_NAME    = nimble
-PKG_URL     = https://github.com/apache/mynewt-nimble.git
-PKG_VERSION = cd7d7aa286ee1083818cbaac1e89bf69fe554f42
+# Temporary URL change until upstream adaption is merged (nimble:#970)
+PKG_URL     = https://github.com/haukepetersen/mynewt-nimble.git
+#PKG_URL     = https://github.com/apache/mynewt-nimble.git
+PKG_VERSION = 7a2bf2420a1a2bcd8bbb5bf8f5927882b3c499c0
 PKG_LICENSE = Apache-2.0
 
 include $(RIOTBASE)/pkg/pkg.mk