diff --git a/pkgs/misc/vscode-extensions/cpptools/default.nix b/pkgs/misc/vscode-extensions/cpptools/default.nix
index e3463246ab2c..55e126d64a5d 100644
--- a/pkgs/misc/vscode-extensions/cpptools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/misc/vscode-extensions/cpptools/default.nix
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ let
     name = "cpptools-language-component-binaries";
 
     src = fetchzip {
-      url = https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/11991016/8a81aa8f89aac452956b0e4c68e6620b/Bin_Linux.zip;
-      sha256 = "0ma59fxfldbgh6ijlvfbs3hnl4g0cnw5gs6286zdrp065n763sv4";
+      url = "https://download.visualstudio.microsoft.com/download/pr/e8bc2ccc-bb10-4d40-8e29-edcd78986e9a/2e86fa29aefdbde2ea2cd1a6fceadeaa/bin_linux.zip";
+      sha256 = "1hvrbp3c4733aryslgyh3l5azmqkw398j2wbgr3w788fphg4v6cc";
     };
 
     patchPhase = ''
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ vscode-utils.buildVscodeMarketplaceExtension {
     # 1. Add activation events so that the extension is functional. This listing is empty when unpacking the extension but is filled at runtime.
     # 2. Patch `packages.json` so that nix's *gdb* is used as default value for `miDebuggerPath`.
     cat ./package_ori.json | \
-      jq --slurpfile actEvts ${./package-activation-events-0-16-1.json} '(.activationEvents) = $actEvts[0]' | \
+      jq --slurpfile actEvts ${./package-activation-events.json} '(.activationEvents) = $actEvts[0]' | \
       jq '(.contributes.debuggers[].configurationAttributes | .attach , .launch | .properties.miDebuggerPath | select(. != null) | select(.default == "/usr/bin/gdb") | .default) = "${gdbDefaultsTo}"' > \
       ./package.json
 
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/vscode-extensions/cpptools/package-activation-events-0-16-1.json b/pkgs/misc/vscode-extensions/cpptools/package-activation-events-0-16-1.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a12a8bc0474..000000000000
--- a/pkgs/misc/vscode-extensions/cpptools/package-activation-events-0-16-1.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-[
-"onLanguage:cpp",
-"onLanguage:c",
-"onCommand:extension.pickNativeProcess",
-"onCommand:extension.pickRemoteNativeProcess",
-"onCommand:C_Cpp.ConfigurationEdit",
-"onCommand:C_Cpp.ConfigurationSelect",
-"onCommand:C_Cpp.SwitchHeaderSource",
-"onCommand:C_Cpp.Navigate",
-"onCommand:C_Cpp.GoToDeclaration",
-"onCommand:C_Cpp.PeekDeclaration",
-"onCommand:C_Cpp.ToggleErrorSquiggles",
-"onCommand:C_Cpp.ToggleIncludeFallback",
-"onCommand:C_Cpp.ToggleDimInactiveRegions",
-"onCommand:C_Cpp.ShowReleaseNotes",
-"onCommand:C_Cpp.ResetDatabase",
-"onCommand:C_Cpp.PauseParsing",
-"onCommand:C_Cpp.ResumeParsing",
-"onCommand:C_Cpp.ShowParsingCommands",
-"onCommand:C_Cpp.TakeSurvey",
-"onDebug"
-]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkgs/misc/vscode-extensions/cpptools/package-activation-events.json b/pkgs/misc/vscode-extensions/cpptools/package-activation-events.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c2d8a10f340a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/misc/vscode-extensions/cpptools/package-activation-events.json
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+[
+  "onLanguage:cpp",
+  "onLanguage:c",
+  "onCommand:extension.pickNativeProcess",
+  "onCommand:extension.pickRemoteNativeProcess",
+  "onCommand:C_Cpp.ConfigurationEdit",
+  "onCommand:C_Cpp.ConfigurationSelect",
+  "onCommand:C_Cpp.ConfigurationProviderSelect",
+  "onCommand:C_Cpp.SwitchHeaderSource",
+  "onCommand:C_Cpp.Navigate",
+  "onCommand:C_Cpp.GoToDeclaration",
+  "onCommand:C_Cpp.PeekDeclaration",
+  "onCommand:C_Cpp.ToggleErrorSquiggles",
+  "onCommand:C_Cpp.ToggleIncludeFallback",
+  "onCommand:C_Cpp.ToggleDimInactiveRegions",
+  "onCommand:C_Cpp.ToggleSnippets",
+  "onCommand:C_Cpp.ShowReleaseNotes",
+  "onCommand:C_Cpp.ResetDatabase",
+  "onCommand:C_Cpp.PauseParsing",
+  "onCommand:C_Cpp.ResumeParsing",
+  "onCommand:C_Cpp.ShowParsingCommands",
+  "onCommand:C_Cpp.TakeSurvey",
+  "onDebug",
+  "workspaceContains:/.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json"
+]