diff --git a/docs/changelog/2800.bugfix.rst b/docs/changelog/2800.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5ab7376b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/2800.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Upgrade embedded wheels:
+
+* wheel to ``0.45.0`` from ``0.44.0``
+* setuptools to ``75.5.0``
diff --git a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py
index f1a8da017..060ccbc9f 100644
--- a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py
+++ b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py
@@ -9,37 +9,37 @@
     "3.8": {
         "pip": "pip-24.3.1-py3-none-any.whl",
         "setuptools": "setuptools-75.3.0-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "wheel": "wheel-0.44.0-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "wheel": "wheel-0.45.0-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.9": {
         "pip": "pip-24.3.1-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-75.3.0-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "wheel": "wheel-0.44.0-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-75.5.0-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "wheel": "wheel-0.45.0-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.10": {
         "pip": "pip-24.3.1-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-75.3.0-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "wheel": "wheel-0.44.0-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-75.5.0-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "wheel": "wheel-0.45.0-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.11": {
         "pip": "pip-24.3.1-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-75.3.0-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "wheel": "wheel-0.44.0-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-75.5.0-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "wheel": "wheel-0.45.0-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.12": {
         "pip": "pip-24.3.1-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-75.3.0-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "wheel": "wheel-0.44.0-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-75.5.0-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "wheel": "wheel-0.45.0-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.13": {
         "pip": "pip-24.3.1-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-75.3.0-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "wheel": "wheel-0.44.0-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-75.5.0-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "wheel": "wheel-0.45.0-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.14": {
         "pip": "pip-24.3.1-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-75.3.0-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "wheel": "wheel-0.44.0-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-75.5.0-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "wheel": "wheel-0.45.0-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
 }
 MAX = "3.8"
diff --git a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/setuptools-75.5.0-py3-none-any.whl b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/setuptools-75.5.0-py3-none-any.whl
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similarity index 67%
rename from src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/wheel-0.44.0-py3-none-any.whl
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