diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index a59adabf9..79bbc2f55 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ repos:
         args: [--safe]
         language_version: python3.8
 -   repo: https://github.com/asottile/blacken-docs
-    rev: v1.5.0-1
+    rev: v1.6.0
     hooks:
     -   id: blacken-docs
         additional_dependencies: [black==19.10b0]
         language_version: python3.8
 -   repo: https://github.com/asottile/seed-isort-config
-    rev: v1.9.4
+    rev: v2.1.1
     hooks:
     -   id: seed-isort-config
         args: [--application-directories, '.:src']
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ repos:
     hooks:
     -   id: isort
 -   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v2.4.0
+    rev: v2.5.0
     hooks:
     -   id: trailing-whitespace
     -   id: end-of-file-fixer
@@ -38,15 +38,15 @@ repos:
         additional_dependencies: ["flake8-bugbear == 20.1.2"]
         language_version: python3.8
 -   repo: https://github.com/asottile/pyupgrade
-    rev: v1.26.2
+    rev: v2.3.0
     hooks:
     -   id: pyupgrade
 -   repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pygrep-hooks
-    rev: v1.4.4
+    rev: v1.5.1
     hooks:
     -   id: rst-backticks
 -   repo: https://github.com/asottile/setup-cfg-fmt
-    rev: v1.6.0
+    rev: v1.9.0
     hooks:
     -   id: setup-cfg-fmt
         args: [--min-py3-version, "3.4"]
diff --git a/docs/changelog/1793.bugfix.rst b/docs/changelog/1793.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c7dfbc9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/1793.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Upgrade pip for Python ``2.7`` and ``3.5+`` from ``20.0.2`` to ``20.1`` - by :user:`gaborbernat`.
diff --git a/src/virtualenv/seed/embed/wheels/__init__.py b/src/virtualenv/seed/embed/wheels/__init__.py
index c619e35e2..826272b13 100644
--- a/src/virtualenv/seed/embed/wheels/__init__.py
+++ b/src/virtualenv/seed/embed/wheels/__init__.py
@@ -2,27 +2,27 @@
 
 BUNDLE_SUPPORT = {
     "3.9": {
-        "pip": "pip-20.0.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
+        "pip": "pip-20.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
         "setuptools": "setuptools-46.1.3-py3-none-any.whl",
         "wheel": "wheel-0.34.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.8": {
-        "pip": "pip-20.0.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
+        "pip": "pip-20.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
         "setuptools": "setuptools-46.1.3-py3-none-any.whl",
         "wheel": "wheel-0.34.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.7": {
-        "pip": "pip-20.0.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
+        "pip": "pip-20.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
         "setuptools": "setuptools-46.1.3-py3-none-any.whl",
         "wheel": "wheel-0.34.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.6": {
-        "pip": "pip-20.0.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
+        "pip": "pip-20.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
         "setuptools": "setuptools-46.1.3-py3-none-any.whl",
         "wheel": "wheel-0.34.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "3.5": {
-        "pip": "pip-20.0.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
+        "pip": "pip-20.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
         "setuptools": "setuptools-46.1.3-py3-none-any.whl",
         "wheel": "wheel-0.34.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
     },
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
         "wheel": "wheel-0.33.6-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
     },
     "2.7": {
-        "pip": "pip-20.0.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
+        "pip": "pip-20.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
         "setuptools": "setuptools-44.1.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
         "wheel": "wheel-0.34.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl",
     },
diff --git a/src/virtualenv/seed/embed/wheels/pip-20.0.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl b/src/virtualenv/seed/embed/wheels/pip-20.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl
similarity index 61%
rename from src/virtualenv/seed/embed/wheels/pip-20.0.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl
rename to src/virtualenv/seed/embed/wheels/pip-20.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl
index 318c44804..925a59f4c 100644
Binary files a/src/virtualenv/seed/embed/wheels/pip-20.0.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl and b/src/virtualenv/seed/embed/wheels/pip-20.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl differ
diff --git a/tests/unit/create/console_app/setup.cfg b/tests/unit/create/console_app/setup.cfg
index abf82e073..eda12f230 100644
--- a/tests/unit/create/console_app/setup.cfg
+++ b/tests/unit/create/console_app/setup.cfg
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ description = magic package
 
 [options]
 packages = find:
-install_requires =
 
 [options.entry_points]
 console_scripts =