diff --git a/news/12796.vendor.rst b/news/12796.vendor.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6384a5b1476
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/12796.vendor.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Update the preload list for the ``DEBUNDLED`` case, to replace ``pep517`` that has been renamed to ``pyproject_hooks``.
diff --git a/src/pip/_vendor/__init__.py b/src/pip/_vendor/__init__.py
index 748622eaf19..12be4fd9ae5 100644
--- a/src/pip/_vendor/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pip/_vendor/__init__.py
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ def vendored(modulename):
     vendored("packaging")
     vendored("packaging.version")
     vendored("packaging.specifiers")
-    vendored("pep517")
     vendored("pkg_resources")
     vendored("platformdirs")
     vendored("progress")
+    vendored("pyproject_hooks")
     vendored("requests")
     vendored("requests.exceptions")
     vendored("requests.packages")