diff --git a/.github/workflows/check.yml b/.github/workflows/check.yml
index 0fb0e6ed3..e929054a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check.yml
@@ -41,14 +41,11 @@ jobs:
           - { os: macos-latest, py: "brew@3.9" }
           - { os: macos-latest, py: "brew@3.8" }
           - { os: ubuntu-latest, py: "3.7" }
-          - { os: windows-latest, py: "3.7" }
           - { os: macos-13, py: "3.7" }
-          - { os: ubuntu-latest, py: "pypy-3.7" }
-          - { os: windows-latest, py: "pypy-3.7" }
-          - { os: macos-13, py: "pypy-3.7" }
         exclude:
           - { os: windows-latest, py: "pypy-3.10" }
           - { os: windows-latest, py: "pypy-3.9" }
+          - { os: windows-latest, py: "pypy-3.8" }
     steps:
       - uses: taiki-e/install-action@cargo-binstall
       - name: Install OS dependencies
@@ -97,7 +94,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Pick environment to run
         run: |
           import os; import platform; import sys; from pathlib import Path
-          env = f'TOXENV=py{"" if platform.python_implementation() == "CPython" else "py"}3{sys.version_info.minor}'
+          plat = platform.python_implementation()
+          e = f"3.{sys.version_info.minor}" if plat == "CPython" else f"pypy3{sys.version_info.minor}"
+          env = f"TOXENV={e}"
           print(f"Picked: {env} for {sys.version} based of {sys.executable}")
           with Path(os.environ["GITHUB_ENV"]).open("ta") as file_handler:
               file_handler.write(env)
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index e10149721..2dd03fd13 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ repos:
     rev: 0.29.2
     hooks:
       - id: check-github-workflows
-        args: [ "--verbose" ]
+        args: ["--verbose"]
   - repo: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell
     rev: v2.3.0
     hooks:
       - id: codespell
         args: ["--write-changes"]
   - repo: https://github.com/tox-dev/tox-ini-fmt
-    rev: "1.3.1"
+    rev: "1.3.2"
     hooks:
       - id: tox-ini-fmt
         args: ["-p", "fix"]
@@ -24,11 +24,18 @@ repos:
     hooks:
       - id: pyproject-fmt
   - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: "v0.6.3"
+    rev: "v0.6.4"
     hooks:
       - id: ruff-format
       - id: ruff
         args: ["--fix", "--unsafe-fixes", "--exit-non-zero-on-fix"]
+  - repo: https://github.com/rbubley/mirrors-prettier
+    rev: "v3.3.3"
+    hooks:
+      - id: prettier
+        additional_dependencies:
+          - prettier@3.3.3
+          - "@prettier/plugin-xml@3.4.1"
   - repo: meta
     hooks:
       - id: check-hooks-apply
diff --git a/docs/changelog/2760.bugfix.rst b/docs/changelog/2760.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f79849d2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/2760.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Upgrade embedded wheels:
+
+* wheel to ``0.44.0`` from ``0.43.0``
+* pip to ``24.2`` from ``24.1``
+* setuptools to ``74.1.2`` from ``70.1.0``
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3fb40c3f8..de0e961fa 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ classifiers = [
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+  "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.13",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: CPython",
   "Programming Language :: Python :: Implementation :: PyPy",
   "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries",
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ lint.ignore = [
   "D40",     # no imperative mode for docstrings
   "D203",    # `one-blank-line-before-class` (D203) and `no-blank-line-before-class` (D211) are incompatible
   "D212",    # `multi-line-summary-first-line` (D212) and `multi-line-summary-second-line` (D213) are incompatible
+  "DOC",     # no restructuredtext support
   "INP001",  # ignore implicit namespace packages
   "ISC001",  # conflict with formatter
   "PLR0914", # Too many local variables
@@ -133,11 +135,11 @@ lint.ignore = [
 ]
 lint.per-file-ignores."tests/**/*.py" = [
   "D",       # don't care about documentation in tests
-  "FBT",     # don"t care about booleans as positional arguments in tests
+  "FBT",     # don't care about booleans as positional arguments in tests
   "INP001",  # no implicit namespace
   "PLC2701", # Private import
   "PLR2004", # Magic value used in comparison, consider replacing with a constant variable
-  "S101",    # asserts allowed in tests...
+  "S101",    # asserts allowed in tests
   "S603",    # `subprocess` call: check for execution of untrusted input
 ]
 lint.isort = { known-first-party = [
@@ -151,6 +153,9 @@ lint.preview = true
 builtin = "clear,usage,en-GB_to_en-US"
 count = true
 
+[tool.pyproject-fmt]
+max_supported_python = "3.13"
+
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 markers = [
   "slow",
diff --git a/src/virtualenv/config/cli/parser.py b/src/virtualenv/config/cli/parser.py
index 9323d4e81..a1770f2ac 100644
--- a/src/virtualenv/config/cli/parser.py
+++ b/src/virtualenv/config/cli/parser.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import annotations
+from __future__ import annotations  # noqa: A005
 
 import os
 from argparse import SUPPRESS, ArgumentDefaultsHelpFormatter, ArgumentParser, Namespace
diff --git a/src/virtualenv/create/via_global_ref/venv.py b/src/virtualenv/create/via_global_ref/venv.py
index 7220af12d..e1c9f64d0 100644
--- a/src/virtualenv/create/via_global_ref/venv.py
+++ b/src/virtualenv/create/via_global_ref/venv.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import annotations
+from __future__ import annotations  # noqa: A005
 
 import logging
 from copy import copy
diff --git a/src/virtualenv/seed/embed/via_app_data/pip_install/copy.py b/src/virtualenv/seed/embed/via_app_data/pip_install/copy.py
index b5f01aa91..af50e8d12 100644
--- a/src/virtualenv/seed/embed/via_app_data/pip_install/copy.py
+++ b/src/virtualenv/seed/embed/via_app_data/pip_install/copy.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import annotations
+from __future__ import annotations  # noqa: A005
 
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
diff --git a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py
index 102ed8e4c..0a3a3b86a 100644
--- a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py
+++ b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py
@@ -12,39 +12,39 @@
         "wheel": "wheel-0.42.0-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.8": {
-        "pip": "pip-24.1-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-70.1.0-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "wheel": "wheel-0.43.0-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "pip": "pip-24.2-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-74.1.2-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "wheel": "wheel-0.44.0-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.9": {
-        "pip": "pip-24.1-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-70.1.0-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "wheel": "wheel-0.43.0-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "pip": "pip-24.2-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-74.1.2-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "wheel": "wheel-0.44.0-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.10": {
-        "pip": "pip-24.1-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-70.1.0-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "wheel": "wheel-0.43.0-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "pip": "pip-24.2-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-74.1.2-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "wheel": "wheel-0.44.0-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.11": {
-        "pip": "pip-24.1-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-70.1.0-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "wheel": "wheel-0.43.0-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "pip": "pip-24.2-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-74.1.2-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "wheel": "wheel-0.44.0-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.12": {
-        "pip": "pip-24.1-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-70.1.0-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "wheel": "wheel-0.43.0-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "pip": "pip-24.2-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-74.1.2-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "wheel": "wheel-0.44.0-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.13": {
-        "pip": "pip-24.1-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-70.1.0-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "wheel": "wheel-0.43.0-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "pip": "pip-24.2-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-74.1.2-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "wheel": "wheel-0.44.0-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.14": {
-        "pip": "pip-24.1-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "setuptools": "setuptools-70.1.0-py3-none-any.whl",
-        "wheel": "wheel-0.43.0-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "pip": "pip-24.2-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "setuptools": "setuptools-74.1.2-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "wheel": "wheel-0.44.0-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
 }
 MAX = "3.7"
diff --git a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/pip-24.1-py3-none-any.whl b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/pip-24.2-py3-none-any.whl
similarity index 75%
rename from src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/pip-24.1-py3-none-any.whl
rename to src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/pip-24.2-py3-none-any.whl
index 206575313..542cdd1e7 100644
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deleted file mode 100644
index db141dbaa..000000000
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diff --git a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/setuptools-74.1.2-py3-none-any.whl b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/setuptools-74.1.2-py3-none-any.whl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..946da59ac
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diff --git a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/wheel-0.43.0-py3-none-any.whl b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/wheel-0.44.0-py3-none-any.whl
similarity index 57%
rename from src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/wheel-0.43.0-py3-none-any.whl
rename to src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/wheel-0.44.0-py3-none-any.whl
index 67e230871..96431aa48 100644
Binary files a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/wheel-0.43.0-py3-none-any.whl and b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/wheel-0.44.0-py3-none-any.whl differ
diff --git a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/periodic_update.py b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/periodic_update.py
index 3ef23ad1c..32ffad680 100644
--- a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/periodic_update.py
+++ b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/periodic_update.py
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ def __repr__(self) -> str:
         )
 
     def __eq__(self, other):
-        return type(self) == type(other) and all(
+        return type(self) == type(other) and all(  # noqa: E721
             getattr(self, k) == getattr(other, k) for k in ["filename", "release_date", "found_date", "source"]
         )
 
diff --git a/src/virtualenv/util/zipapp.py b/src/virtualenv/util/zipapp.py
index 958db1543..80776d010 100644
--- a/src/virtualenv/util/zipapp.py
+++ b/src/virtualenv/util/zipapp.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from __future__ import annotations
+from __future__ import annotations  # noqa: A005
 
 import logging
 import os
diff --git a/tests/unit/create/test_creator.py b/tests/unit/create/test_creator.py
index 5930078f8..ff8f08577 100644
--- a/tests/unit/create/test_creator.py
+++ b/tests/unit/create/test_creator.py
@@ -437,6 +437,7 @@ def list_files(path):
 
 
 @pytest.mark.skipif(is_macos_brew(CURRENT), reason="no copy on brew")
+@pytest.mark.skip(reason="https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/4640")
 def test_zip_importer_can_import_setuptools(tmp_path):
     """We're patching the loaders so might fail on r/o loaders, such as zipimporter on CPython<3.8"""
     result = cli_run(
diff --git a/tests/unit/create/via_global_ref/builtin/pypy/deb_pypy38.json b/tests/unit/create/via_global_ref/builtin/pypy/deb_pypy38.json
index 478d79977..0d91a969d 100644
--- a/tests/unit/create/via_global_ref/builtin/pypy/deb_pypy38.json
+++ b/tests/unit/create/via_global_ref/builtin/pypy/deb_pypy38.json
@@ -21,7 +21,11 @@
   "original_executable": "/usr/bin/pypy3",
   "system_executable": "/usr/bin/pypy3",
   "has_venv": true,
-  "path": ["/usr/lib/pypy3.8", "/usr/local/lib/pypy3.8/dist-packages", "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages"],
+  "path": [
+    "/usr/lib/pypy3.8",
+    "/usr/local/lib/pypy3.8/dist-packages",
+    "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages"
+  ],
   "file_system_encoding": "utf-8",
   "stdout_encoding": "UTF-8",
   "sysconfig_scheme": null,
diff --git a/tests/unit/create/via_global_ref/builtin/pypy/portable_pypy38.json b/tests/unit/create/via_global_ref/builtin/pypy/portable_pypy38.json
index 2264fa432..0761455bb 100644
--- a/tests/unit/create/via_global_ref/builtin/pypy/portable_pypy38.json
+++ b/tests/unit/create/via_global_ref/builtin/pypy/portable_pypy38.json
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@
   "original_executable": "/tmp/pypy3.8-v7.3.8-linux64/bin/pypy",
   "system_executable": "/tmp/pypy3.8-v7.3.8-linux64/bin/pypy",
   "has_venv": true,
-  "path": ["/tmp/pypy3.8-v7.3.8-linux64/lib/pypy3.8", "/tmp/pypy3.8-v7.3.8-linux64/lib/pypy3.8/site-packages"],
+  "path": [
+    "/tmp/pypy3.8-v7.3.8-linux64/lib/pypy3.8",
+    "/tmp/pypy3.8-v7.3.8-linux64/lib/pypy3.8/site-packages"
+  ],
   "file_system_encoding": "utf-8",
   "stdout_encoding": "UTF-8",
   "sysconfig_scheme": null,
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index cf52ae7c7..40c137e26 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -3,17 +3,17 @@ requires =
     tox>=4.2
 env_list =
     fix
-    py313
-    py312
-    py311
-    py310
-    py39
-    py38
-    py37
     pypy3
     coverage
     readme
     docs
+    3.13
+    3.12
+    3.11
+    3.10
+    3.9
+    3.8
+    3.7
 skip_missing_interpreters = true
 
 [testenv]
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ uv_seed = true
 description = format the code base to adhere to our styles, and complain about what we cannot do automatically
 skip_install = true
 deps =
-    pre-commit>=3.7
+    pre-commit-uv>=4.1
 commands =
     pre-commit run --all-files --show-diff-on-failure
 
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ commands =
 description = check that the long description is valid (need for PyPI)
 skip_install = true
 deps =
-    build[virtualenv]>=1.2.1
-    twine>=5
+    build[uv]>=1.2.2
+    twine>=5.1.1
 extras =
 commands =
-    python -m build -o {envtmpdir} --wheel --sdist .
+    python -m build -o {envtmpdir} --installer uv --wheel --sdist .
     twine check {envtmpdir}/*
 
 [testenv:docs]
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ commands =
 description = upgrade pip/wheels/setuptools to latest
 skip_install = true
 deps =
-    ruff>=0.3.7
+    ruff>=0.6.4
 pass_env =
     UPGRADE_ADVISORY
 change_dir = {toxinidir}/tasks
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ uv_seed = true
 description = do a release, required posarg of the version number
 deps =
     gitpython>=3.1.43
-    packaging>=24
-    towncrier>=23.11
+    packaging>=24.1
+    towncrier>=24.8
 change_dir = {toxinidir}/tasks
 commands =
     python release.py --version {posargs}
@@ -96,15 +96,14 @@ extras =
     docs
     test
 commands =
-    python -m pip list --format=columns
+    uv pip tree
     python -c 'import sys; print(sys.executable)'
-uv_seed = true
 
 [testenv:zipapp]
 description = generate a zipapp
 skip_install = true
 deps =
-    packaging>=24
+    packaging>=24.1
 commands =
     python tasks/make_zipapp.py
 uv_seed = true