diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 7ce43ab10..ee6b5423b 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -57,5 +57,5 @@ repos:
       - flake8-pytest-style==1.6
       - flake8-spellcheck==0.28
       - flake8-unused-arguments==0.0.11
-      - flake8-noqa==1.2.8
-      - pep8-naming==0.13.1
+      - flake8-noqa==1.2.9
+      - pep8-naming==0.13.2
diff --git a/docs/changelog/2405.bugfix.rst b/docs/changelog/2405.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6214712af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/2405.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Bump embed setuptools to ``65.3`` - by :user:`gaborbernat`.
diff --git a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py
index b377ad2d9..70ea23c4b 100644
--- a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py
+++ b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py
@@ -6,27 +6,27 @@
 BUNDLE_SUPPORT = {
     "3.11": {
         "pip": "pip-22.2.2-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-63.4.1-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-65.3.0-py3-none-any.whl",
         "wheel": "wheel-0.37.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.10": {
         "pip": "pip-22.2.2-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-63.4.1-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-65.3.0-py3-none-any.whl",
         "wheel": "wheel-0.37.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.9": {
         "pip": "pip-22.2.2-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-63.4.1-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-65.3.0-py3-none-any.whl",
         "wheel": "wheel-0.37.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.8": {
         "pip": "pip-22.2.2-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-63.4.1-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-65.3.0-py3-none-any.whl",
         "wheel": "wheel-0.37.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.7": {
         "pip": "pip-22.2.2-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-63.4.1-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-65.3.0-py3-none-any.whl",
         "wheel": "wheel-0.37.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.6": {
diff --git a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/setuptools-63.4.1-py3-none-any.whl b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/setuptools-65.3.0-py3-none-any.whl
similarity index 71%
rename from src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/setuptools-63.4.1-py3-none-any.whl
rename to src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/setuptools-65.3.0-py3-none-any.whl
index 6001025f9..1422fc9ec 100644
Binary files a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/setuptools-63.4.1-py3-none-any.whl and b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/setuptools-65.3.0-py3-none-any.whl differ