diff --git a/esphome/components/esp32_ble_tracker/__init__.py b/esphome/components/esp32_ble_tracker/__init__.py
index e762c89b94..425ce54b9f 100644
--- a/esphome/components/esp32_ble_tracker/__init__.py
+++ b/esphome/components/esp32_ble_tracker/__init__.py
@@ -238,6 +238,12 @@ async def to_code(config):
         else:
             add_idf_sdkconfig_option("CONFIG_BTU_TASK_STACK_SIZE", 8192)
         add_idf_sdkconfig_option("CONFIG_BT_ACL_CONNECTIONS", 9)
+        # CONFIG_BT_GATTC_NOTIF_REG_MAX controls the number of
+        # max notifications in 5.x, setting CONFIG_BT_ACL_CONNECTIONS
+        # is enough in 4.x
+        # https://github.com/esphome/issues/issues/6808
+        if CORE.data[KEY_CORE][KEY_FRAMEWORK_VERSION] >= cv.Version(5, 0, 0):
+            add_idf_sdkconfig_option("CONFIG_BT_GATTC_NOTIF_REG_MAX", 9)
 
     cg.add_define("USE_OTA_STATE_CALLBACK")  # To be notified when an OTA update starts
     cg.add_define("USE_ESP32_BLE_CLIENT")
diff --git a/esphome/core/defines.h b/esphome/core/defines.h
index a81700b443..d2bb157c29 100644
--- a/esphome/core/defines.h
+++ b/esphome/core/defines.h
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 #define USE_OTA
 #define USE_OTA_PASSWORD
 #define USE_OTA_STATE_CALLBACK
-#define USE_OTA_VERSION 1
+#define USE_OTA_VERSION 2
 #define USE_WIFI
 #define USE_WIFI_AP
 #define USE_WIREGUARD
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1de6e3dd06..44e7669fdb 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ platformio==6.1.16  # When updating platformio, also update Dockerfile
 esptool==4.7.0
 click==8.1.7
 esphome-dashboard==20250212.0
-aioesphomeapi==29.1.0
+aioesphomeapi==29.1.1
 zeroconf==0.145.1
 puremagic==1.27
 ruamel.yaml==0.18.6 # dashboard_import