diff --git a/.github/workflows/check.yml b/.github/workflows/check.yml
index 84e8fc344..fc8ee1069 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           for i in 1 2 3; do
             echo "try $i" && \
-            ${{ runner.os == 'Linux' && 'sudo apt-get update -y && sudo apt-get install fish csh -y' || true }} && \
+            ${{ runner.os == 'Linux' && 'sudo apt-get update -y && sudo apt-get install snapd fish csh -y' || true }} && \
             ${{ runner.os == 'Linux' && 'sudo apt-get install curl wget -y' || true }} && \
             ${{ runner.os == 'Linux' && 'nushell_url=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/nushell/nushell/releases/latest | grep "browser_" | cut -d\" -f4 | grep .tar.gz)' || true }} && \
             ${{ runner.os == 'Linux' && 'wget -O nushell.tar.gz $nushell_url' || true }} && \
diff --git a/docs/changelog/2306.bugfix.rst b/docs/changelog/2306.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e92ca440
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/2306.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Upgrade embedded setuptools to ``60.9.3`` from ``60.6.0`` - by :user:`gaborbernat`.
diff --git a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py
index 4bafa9ba9..71903f15a 100644
--- a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py
+++ b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py
@@ -7,27 +7,27 @@
 BUNDLE_SUPPORT = {
     "3.11": {
         "pip": "pip-22.0.3-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-60.6.0-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-60.9.3-py3-none-any.whl",
         "wheel": "wheel-0.37.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.10": {
         "pip": "pip-22.0.3-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-60.6.0-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-60.9.3-py3-none-any.whl",
         "wheel": "wheel-0.37.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.9": {
         "pip": "pip-22.0.3-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-60.6.0-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-60.9.3-py3-none-any.whl",
         "wheel": "wheel-0.37.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.8": {
         "pip": "pip-22.0.3-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-60.6.0-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-60.9.3-py3-none-any.whl",
         "wheel": "wheel-0.37.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.7": {
         "pip": "pip-22.0.3-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-60.6.0-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-60.9.3-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-60.6.0-py3-none-any.whl b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/setuptools-60.9.3-py3-none-any.whl
similarity index 71%
rename from src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/setuptools-60.6.0-py3-none-any.whl
rename to src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/setuptools-60.9.3-py3-none-any.whl
index dec4a92de..b88ddc659 100644
Binary files a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/setuptools-60.6.0-py3-none-any.whl and b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/setuptools-60.9.3-py3-none-any.whl differ