diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4954b289b..ee1ef7105 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Bugfixes
+
+- **Connector Management**
+  - fixed technical user selection
+
+## 2.2.0-RC2
+
 ### Feature
 
 - Customer Detail Data Overlay
diff --git a/src/components/pages/EdcConnector/AddConnectorOverlay/components/ConnectorInsertForm.tsx b/src/components/pages/EdcConnector/AddConnectorOverlay/components/ConnectorInsertForm.tsx
index b2157b8d2..63e0032d6 100644
--- a/src/components/pages/EdcConnector/AddConnectorOverlay/components/ConnectorInsertForm.tsx
+++ b/src/components/pages/EdcConnector/AddConnectorOverlay/components/ConnectorInsertForm.tsx
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import { Dropzone } from '../../../../shared/basic/Dropzone'
 import { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
 import './EdcComponentStyles.scss'
 import { ConnectorFormFields } from '..'
+import { type ServiceAccountListEntry } from 'features/admin/serviceApiSlice'
 
 export const ConnectorFormInput = ({
   control,
@@ -243,6 +244,7 @@ const ConnectorInsertForm = ({
   errors,
   control,
   trigger,
+  getValues,
   selectedService,
   subscriptions,
   fetchServiceAccountUsers,
@@ -256,6 +258,7 @@ any) => {
   const { t } = useTranslation()
   const [selectedValue, setSelectedValue] = useState<string>()
   const [serviceAccountUsers, setServiceAccountUsers] = useState([])
+  const [selectedTechnicalUser, setSelectedTechnicalUser] = useState('')
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (fetchServiceAccountUsers)
@@ -264,6 +267,17 @@ any) => {
       )
   }, [fetchServiceAccountUsers])
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const selectedConnectorTechnicalUser: ServiceAccountListEntry[] =
+      serviceAccountUsers?.filter(
+        (i: { serviceAccountId: string }) =>
+          i.serviceAccountId === getValues().ConnectorTechnicalUser
+      )
+    if (selectedConnectorTechnicalUser.length > 0) {
+      setSelectedTechnicalUser(selectedConnectorTechnicalUser[0]?.name)
+    }
+  }, [serviceAccountUsers])
+
   const handleTechnicalUserSubmit = () => {
     if (
       selectedValue === t('content.edcconnector.modal.createNewTechnicalUser')
@@ -374,7 +388,7 @@ any) => {
                     'content.edcconnector.modal.insertform.technicalUser.error'
                   ),
                   items: serviceAccountUsers,
-                  defaultSelectValue: {},
+                  defaultSelectValue: selectedTechnicalUser ?? {},
                   keyTitle: 'name',
                 }}
               />
diff --git a/src/components/pages/EdcConnector/AddConnectorOverlay/index.tsx b/src/components/pages/EdcConnector/AddConnectorOverlay/index.tsx
index 7e79ebfdb..c0077f692 100644
--- a/src/components/pages/EdcConnector/AddConnectorOverlay/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/pages/EdcConnector/AddConnectorOverlay/index.tsx
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ const AddConnectorOverlay = ({
                 setNewTechnicalUSer={setNewTechnicalUSer}
                 newUserLoading={newUserLoading}
                 newUserSuccess={newUserSuccess}
-                {...{ handleSubmit, control, errors, trigger }}
+                {...{ handleSubmit, control, errors, trigger, getValues }}
               />
             </>
           )}