diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index a9489d8a1a..5e7058644f 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 	path = components/bt/lib
 	url = https://github.com/espressif/esp32-bt-lib.git
 
-[submodule "components/micro-ecc/micro-ecc"]
-	path = components/micro-ecc/micro-ecc
+[submodule "components/bootloader/subproject/components/micro-ecc/micro-ecc"]
+	path = components/bootloader/subproject/components/micro-ecc/micro-ecc
 	url = https://github.com/kmackay/micro-ecc.git
 
 [submodule "components/coap/libcoap"]
diff --git a/components/micro-ecc/CMakeLists.txt b/components/bootloader/subproject/components/micro-ecc/CMakeLists.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from components/micro-ecc/CMakeLists.txt
rename to components/bootloader/subproject/components/micro-ecc/CMakeLists.txt
diff --git a/components/micro-ecc/component.mk b/components/bootloader/subproject/components/micro-ecc/component.mk
similarity index 100%
rename from components/micro-ecc/component.mk
rename to components/bootloader/subproject/components/micro-ecc/component.mk
diff --git a/components/micro-ecc/micro-ecc b/components/bootloader/subproject/components/micro-ecc/micro-ecc
similarity index 100%
rename from components/micro-ecc/micro-ecc
rename to components/bootloader/subproject/components/micro-ecc/micro-ecc