v4.4.3: failed to connect with ble device using ios esp ble prov app

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Same issue with 4.4.2 as well
Tested using : examples/provisioning/wifi_prov_manager
Board : ESP32-C3-DevKitM-1 v1.0
MCU: ESP32-C3-MINI-1
Tried connecting using ios BLE Prov App, with following error and log:
ios app: failed to connect with ble device

Log Output:

D (68172) protocomm_nimble: Inside BLE connect w/ conn_id - 1
D (68172) NimBLE: ble_hs_hci_cmd_send: ogf=0x08 ocf=0x0016 len=2

D (68172) NimBLE: 0x16
D (68182) NimBLE: 0x20
D (68182) NimBLE: 0x02
D (68182) NimBLE: 0x01
D (68182) NimBLE: 0x00
D (68192) NimBLE:

D (68262) NimBLE: looking up our sec;
D (68262) NimBLE: peer_addr_type=1 peer_addr=
D (68262) NimBLE: 0x44
D (68262) NimBLE: 0x50
D (68262) NimBLE: 0x65
D (68272) NimBLE: 0xab
D (68272) NimBLE: 0xf0
D (68272) NimBLE: 0x68
D (68272) NimBLE:
D (68282) NimBLE: ediv=0x00 rand=0x0
D (68282) NimBLE:

D (68282) NimBLE: ble_hs_hci_cmd_send: ogf=0x08 ocf=0x001b len=2

D (68292) NimBLE: 0x1b
D (68292) NimBLE: 0x20
D (68292) NimBLE: 0x02
D (68302) NimBLE: 0x01
D (68302) NimBLE: 0x00
D (68302) NimBLE:

D (68382) protocomm_nimble: disconnect; reason=531
D (68382) protocomm_nimble: Inside disconnect w/ session - 1
D (68382) NimBLE: ble_hs_hci_cmd_send: ogf=0x08 ocf=0x0008 len=32