diff --git a/docs/changelog/2823.bugfix.rst b/docs/changelog/2823.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f82c65b2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/2823.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Upgrade embedded wheels:
+
+* setuptools to ``75.8.0`` from ``75.6.0``
diff --git a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py
index 1939716f4..664ec191d 100644
--- a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py
+++ b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py
@@ -13,32 +13,32 @@
     },
     "3.9": {
         "pip": "pip-24.3.1-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-75.6.0-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-75.8.0-py3-none-any.whl",
         "wheel": "wheel-0.45.1-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.10": {
         "pip": "pip-24.3.1-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-75.6.0-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-75.8.0-py3-none-any.whl",
         "wheel": "wheel-0.45.1-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.11": {
         "pip": "pip-24.3.1-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-75.6.0-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-75.8.0-py3-none-any.whl",
         "wheel": "wheel-0.45.1-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.12": {
         "pip": "pip-24.3.1-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-75.6.0-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-75.8.0-py3-none-any.whl",
         "wheel": "wheel-0.45.1-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.13": {
         "pip": "pip-24.3.1-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-75.6.0-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-75.8.0-py3-none-any.whl",
         "wheel": "wheel-0.45.1-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.14": {
         "pip": "pip-24.3.1-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-75.6.0-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-75.8.0-py3-none-any.whl",
         "wheel": "wheel-0.45.1-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
 }
diff --git a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/setuptools-75.6.0-py3-none-any.whl b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/setuptools-75.8.0-py3-none-any.whl
similarity index 63%
rename from src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/setuptools-75.6.0-py3-none-any.whl
rename to src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/setuptools-75.8.0-py3-none-any.whl
index d43cfdb98..65ee9ceb4 100644
Binary files a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/setuptools-75.6.0-py3-none-any.whl and b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/setuptools-75.8.0-py3-none-any.whl differ