diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index 3925720382..d97b9b9eab 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ test-driven methodologies, and modern toolchains for unrivaled success.
 6.1.11 (2023-??-??)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
+* Resolved a possible issue that may cause generated projects for `PlatformIO IDE for VSCode <https://docs.platformio.org/en/latest/integration/ide/vscode.html>`__ to fail to launch a debug session because of a missing objdump binary when GDB is not part of the toolchain package
+
 6.1.10 (2023-08-11)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/platformio/project/integration/tpls/vscode/.vscode/launch.json.tpl b/platformio/project/integration/tpls/vscode/.vscode/launch.json.tpl
index c419d27ed7..4bd188d2fd 100644
--- a/platformio/project/integration/tpls/vscode/.vscode/launch.json.tpl
+++ b/platformio/project/integration/tpls/vscode/.vscode/launch.json.tpl
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 %    "name": "PIO Debug (skip Pre-Debug)",
 %    "executable": _escape_path(prog_path),
 %    "projectEnvName": env_name if forced_env_name else default_debug_env_name,
-%    "toolchainBinDir": _escape_path(os.path.dirname(gdb_path)),
+%    "toolchainBinDir": _escape_path(os.path.dirname(cc_path)),
 %    "internalConsoleOptions": "openOnSessionStart",
 %  }
 %