diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c3b3a51..b56dd1c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -701,9 +701,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "nispor"
-version = "1.2.19"
+version = "1.2.21"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9cd23dbe46d34178505027dc6b39446d3ce4e726fbeb90f397f1caa1f3bcdd4e"
+checksum = "543c422bf0ff04f6c632e55136336a3064f842631bdd997fa4ef7546e2e016c9"
 dependencies = [
  "ethtool",
  "futures",
@@ -717,6 +717,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "tokio",
+ "wl-nl80211",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -771,9 +772,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "nmstate"
-version = "2.2.36"
+version = "2.2.38"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "fa6cd6a9190ca11fed3b21fa37d85c958d54cd8b9bf4612052fc2f1a266eb611"
+checksum = "e46cc1c170b6de8b1e7573f09e30e8ea460cecef1f53eb0242295d59b2d2a060"
 dependencies = [
  "log",
  "nispor",
@@ -1373,6 +1374,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wl-nl80211"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5cffcf1e1dca38467779e22768bfc7f294f1b7b3bd99727edf13280eb2429789"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "bitflags 2.6.0",
+ "byteorder",
+ "futures",
+ "genetlink",
+ "log",
+ "netlink-packet-core",
+ "netlink-packet-generic",
+ "netlink-packet-utils",
+ "netlink-proto",
+ "netlink-sys",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "zbus"
 version = "1.9.3"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4c50a23..7ba6594 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ clap = { version = "4.5.20", features = ["cargo"] }
 env_logger = "0.11.5"
 log = "0.4.22"
 network-interface = "2.0.0"
-nmstate = { version = "2.2.36", features = ["gen_conf"] }
+nmstate = { version = "2.2.38", features = ["gen_conf"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.214", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_yaml = "0.9.34"
 configparser = "3.1.0"
diff --git a/testdata/generate/expected/eth1-port.nmconnection b/testdata/generate/expected/eth1-port.nmconnection
index 2c81d1c..4801abf 100644
--- a/testdata/generate/expected/eth1-port.nmconnection
+++ b/testdata/generate/expected/eth1-port.nmconnection
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [connection]
 autoconnect=true
-autoconnect-slaves=-1
+autoconnect-slaves=1
 id=eth1-port
 interface-name=eth1
 master=br1
diff --git a/testdata/generate/expected/ovs0-port.nmconnection b/testdata/generate/expected/ovs0-port.nmconnection
index 6516819..2f92ea4 100644
--- a/testdata/generate/expected/ovs0-port.nmconnection
+++ b/testdata/generate/expected/ovs0-port.nmconnection
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [connection]
 autoconnect=true
-autoconnect-slaves=-1
+autoconnect-slaves=1
 id=ovs0-port
 interface-name=ovs0
 master=br1