diff --git a/Lib/ensurepip/__init__.py b/Lib/ensurepip/__init__.py
index 165f3963a66c1e..f48edd3bc17d50 100644
--- a/Lib/ensurepip/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/ensurepip/__init__.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 __all__ = ["version", "bootstrap"]
 _PACKAGE_NAMES = ('setuptools', 'pip')
-_SETUPTOOLS_VERSION = "65.5.0"
+_SETUPTOOLS_VERSION = "79.0.1"
 _PIP_VERSION = "24.0"
 _PROJECTS = [
     ("setuptools", _SETUPTOOLS_VERSION, "py3"),
diff --git a/Lib/ensurepip/_bundled/setuptools-65.5.0-py3-none-any.whl b/Lib/ensurepip/_bundled/setuptools-65.5.0-py3-none-any.whl
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diff --git a/Lib/ensurepip/_bundled/setuptools-79.0.1-py3-none-any.whl b/Lib/ensurepip/_bundled/setuptools-79.0.1-py3-none-any.whl
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-06-11-17-38-16.gh-issue-135374.eqRcTc.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-06-11-17-38-16.gh-issue-135374.eqRcTc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..fe0b54fc5eff22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-06-11-17-38-16.gh-issue-135374.eqRcTc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Update the bundled copy of setuptools to 79.0.1.