diff --git a/docs/changelog/2669.bugfix.rst b/docs/changelog/2669.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6706e3566
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/2669.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Upgrade embedded wheels:
+
+* wheel to ``0.42.0`` from ``0.41.3``
+* setuptools to ``69.0.2`` from ``68.2.2``
diff --git a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py
index f4b45946f..ed6027b25 100644
--- a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py
+++ b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py
@@ -9,32 +9,32 @@
     "3.7": {
         "pip": "pip-23.3.1-py3-none-any.whl",
         "setuptools": "setuptools-68.0.0-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "wheel": "wheel-0.41.3-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "wheel": "wheel-0.42.0-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.8": {
         "pip": "pip-23.3.1-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-68.2.2-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "wheel": "wheel-0.41.3-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-69.0.2-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "wheel": "wheel-0.42.0-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.9": {
         "pip": "pip-23.3.1-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-68.2.2-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "wheel": "wheel-0.41.3-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-69.0.2-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "wheel": "wheel-0.42.0-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.10": {
         "pip": "pip-23.3.1-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-68.2.2-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "wheel": "wheel-0.41.3-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-69.0.2-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "wheel": "wheel-0.42.0-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.11": {
         "pip": "pip-23.3.1-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-68.2.2-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "wheel": "wheel-0.41.3-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-69.0.2-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "wheel": "wheel-0.42.0-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.12": {
         "pip": "pip-23.3.1-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-68.2.2-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "wheel": "wheel-0.41.3-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-69.0.2-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "wheel": "wheel-0.42.0-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
 }
 MAX = "3.7"
diff --git a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/setuptools-68.2.2-py3-none-any.whl b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/setuptools-69.0.2-py3-none-any.whl
similarity index 71%
rename from src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/setuptools-68.2.2-py3-none-any.whl
rename to src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/setuptools-69.0.2-py3-none-any.whl
index d4be90691..a609341b4 100644
Binary files a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/setuptools-68.2.2-py3-none-any.whl and b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/setuptools-69.0.2-py3-none-any.whl differ
diff --git a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/wheel-0.41.3-py3-none-any.whl b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/wheel-0.42.0-py3-none-any.whl
similarity index 67%
rename from src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/wheel-0.41.3-py3-none-any.whl
rename to src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/wheel-0.42.0-py3-none-any.whl
index 285554ecd..8044b1982 100644
Binary files a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/wheel-0.41.3-py3-none-any.whl and b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/wheel-0.42.0-py3-none-any.whl differ