diff --git a/docs/changelog/1918.bugfix.rst b/docs/changelog/1918.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2256775c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/1918.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Upgrade embedded pip to ``20.2.1`` and setuptools to ``49.4.0`` - by :user:`gaborbernat`.
diff --git a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py
index a65c7eab7..62dda502d 100644
--- a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py
+++ b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py
@@ -6,33 +6,33 @@
 BUNDLE_FOLDER = Path(__file__).absolute().parent
 BUNDLE_SUPPORT = {
     "3.10": {
-        "pip": "pip-20.2.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-49.2.1-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "pip": "pip-20.2.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-49.4.0-py3-none-any.whl",
         "wheel": "wheel-0.34.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.9": {
-        "pip": "pip-20.2.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-49.2.1-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "pip": "pip-20.2.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-49.4.0-py3-none-any.whl",
         "wheel": "wheel-0.34.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.8": {
-        "pip": "pip-20.2.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-49.2.1-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "pip": "pip-20.2.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-49.4.0-py3-none-any.whl",
         "wheel": "wheel-0.34.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.7": {
-        "pip": "pip-20.2.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-49.2.1-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "pip": "pip-20.2.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-49.4.0-py3-none-any.whl",
         "wheel": "wheel-0.34.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.6": {
-        "pip": "pip-20.2.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-49.2.1-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "pip": "pip-20.2.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-49.4.0-py3-none-any.whl",
         "wheel": "wheel-0.34.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.5": {
-        "pip": "pip-20.2.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-49.2.1-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "pip": "pip-20.2.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-49.4.0-py3-none-any.whl",
         "wheel": "wheel-0.34.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.4": {
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
         "wheel": "wheel-0.33.6-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "2.7": {
-        "pip": "pip-20.2.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
+        "pip": "pip-20.2.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
         "setuptools": "setuptools-44.1.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
         "wheel": "wheel-0.34.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
     },
diff --git a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/pip-20.2.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/pip-20.2.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl
similarity index 93%
rename from src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/pip-20.2.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl
rename to src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/pip-20.2.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl
index 3d0d3f8ae..78bad7a0e 100644
Binary files a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/pip-20.2.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl and b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/pip-20.2.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl differ
diff --git a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/setuptools-49.2.1-py3-none-any.whl b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/setuptools-49.4.0-py3-none-any.whl
similarity index 87%
rename from src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/setuptools-49.2.1-py3-none-any.whl
rename to src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/setuptools-49.4.0-py3-none-any.whl
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