diff --git a/docs/changelog/2798.bugfix.rst b/docs/changelog/2798.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3c3356900
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/2798.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Upgrade embedded wheels:
+
+* setuptools to ``75.3.0`` from ``75.2.0``
diff --git a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py
index 4af82487c..f1a8da017 100644
--- a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py
+++ b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py
@@ -8,37 +8,37 @@
 BUNDLE_SUPPORT = {
     "3.8": {
         "pip": "pip-24.3.1-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-75.2.0-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-75.3.0-py3-none-any.whl",
         "wheel": "wheel-0.44.0-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.9": {
         "pip": "pip-24.3.1-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-75.2.0-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-75.3.0-py3-none-any.whl",
         "wheel": "wheel-0.44.0-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.10": {
         "pip": "pip-24.3.1-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-75.2.0-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-75.3.0-py3-none-any.whl",
         "wheel": "wheel-0.44.0-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.11": {
         "pip": "pip-24.3.1-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-75.2.0-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-75.3.0-py3-none-any.whl",
         "wheel": "wheel-0.44.0-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.12": {
         "pip": "pip-24.3.1-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-75.2.0-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-75.3.0-py3-none-any.whl",
         "wheel": "wheel-0.44.0-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.13": {
         "pip": "pip-24.3.1-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-75.2.0-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-75.3.0-py3-none-any.whl",
         "wheel": "wheel-0.44.0-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.14": {
         "pip": "pip-24.3.1-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-75.2.0-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-75.3.0-py3-none-any.whl",
         "wheel": "wheel-0.44.0-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
 }
diff --git a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/setuptools-75.2.0-py3-none-any.whl b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/setuptools-75.3.0-py3-none-any.whl
similarity index 75%
rename from src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/setuptools-75.2.0-py3-none-any.whl
rename to src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/setuptools-75.3.0-py3-none-any.whl
index f476c4053..b6a97ce19 100644
Binary files a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/setuptools-75.2.0-py3-none-any.whl and b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/setuptools-75.3.0-py3-none-any.whl differ