diff --git a/docs/changelog/2333.bugfix.rst b/docs/changelog/2333.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9a2c7ceee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/2333.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Upgrade embedded wheel pip to ``25.2`` from ``25.1.1`` - by :user:`gaborbernat`.
diff --git a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py
index 146851b42..0dbab1477 100644
--- a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py
+++ b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/__init__.py
@@ -12,27 +12,27 @@
         "wheel": "wheel-0.45.1-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.9": {
-        "pip": "pip-25.1.1-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "pip": "pip-25.2-py3-none-any.whl",
         "setuptools": "setuptools-80.9.0-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.10": {
-        "pip": "pip-25.1.1-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "pip": "pip-25.2-py3-none-any.whl",
         "setuptools": "setuptools-80.9.0-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.11": {
-        "pip": "pip-25.1.1-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "pip": "pip-25.2-py3-none-any.whl",
         "setuptools": "setuptools-80.9.0-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.12": {
-        "pip": "pip-25.1.1-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "pip": "pip-25.2-py3-none-any.whl",
         "setuptools": "setuptools-80.9.0-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.13": {
-        "pip": "pip-25.1.1-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "pip": "pip-25.2-py3-none-any.whl",
         "setuptools": "setuptools-80.9.0-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.14": {
-        "pip": "pip-25.1.1-py3-none-any.whl",
+        "pip": "pip-25.2-py3-none-any.whl",
         "setuptools": "setuptools-80.9.0-py3-none-any.whl",
     },
 }
diff --git a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/pip-25.1.1-py3-none-any.whl b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/pip-25.2-py3-none-any.whl
similarity index 58%
rename from src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/pip-25.1.1-py3-none-any.whl
rename to src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/pip-25.2-py3-none-any.whl
index 2fdcfbf9f..e14bb3f37 100644
Binary files a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/pip-25.1.1-py3-none-any.whl and b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/pip-25.2-py3-none-any.whl differ