diff --git a/docs/changelog/3180.bugfix.rst b/docs/changelog/3180.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7bc230413
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/3180.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Upgrade embedded wheels:
+
+- setuptools to ``83.0.0``
diff --git a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py
index ac9a85f86..e2887bd5e 100644
--- a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py
+++ b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py
@@ -15,31 +15,31 @@
     },
     "3.10": {
         "pip": "pip-26.1.2-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-82.0.1-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-83.0.0-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.11": {
         "pip": "pip-26.1.2-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-82.0.1-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-83.0.0-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.12": {
         "pip": "pip-26.1.2-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-82.0.1-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-83.0.0-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.13": {
         "pip": "pip-26.1.2-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-82.0.1-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-83.0.0-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.14": {
         "pip": "pip-26.1.2-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-82.0.1-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-83.0.0-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.15": {
         "pip": "pip-26.1.2-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-82.0.1-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-83.0.0-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.16": {
         "pip": "pip-26.1.2-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-82.0.1-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-83.0.0-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
 }
 MAX = next(reversed(BUNDLE_SUPPORT))
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ def _release_tuple(version: str) -> tuple[int, ...]:
     "pip-26.0.1-py3-none-any.whl": "bdb1b08f4274833d62c1aa29e20907365a2ceb950410df15fc9521bad440122b",
     "pip-26.1.2-py3-none-any.whl": "382ff9f685ee3bc25864f820aa50505825f10f5458ffff07e30a6d96e5715cab",
     "setuptools-82.0.1-py3-none-any.whl": "a59e362652f08dcd477c78bb6e7bd9d80a7995bc73ce773050228a348ce2e5bb",
+    "setuptools-83.0.0-py3-none-any.whl": "29b23c360f22f414dc7336bb39178cc7bcbf6021ed2733cde173f09dba19abb3",
 }
 
 _VERIFIED_WHEELS: set[str] = set()
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