diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 7c4c43198..e026fd2b8 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,24 @@ Release History
 
 .. towncrier release notes start
 
+v20.27.2 (2024-11-25)
+---------------------
+
+Bugfixes - 20.27.2
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+- Upgrade embedded wheels:
+
+  * setuptools to ``75.3.0`` from ``75.2.0`` (:issue:`2798`)
+- Upgrade embedded wheels:
+
+  * wheel to ``0.45.0`` from ``0.44.0``
+  * setuptools to ``75.5.0`` (:issue:`2800`)
+- no longer forcibly echo off during windows batch activation (:issue:`2801`)
+- Upgrade embedded wheels:
+
+  * setuptools to ``75.6.0`` from ``75.5.0``
+  * wheel to ``0.45.1`` from ``0.45.0`` (:issue:`2804`)
+
 v20.27.1 (2024-10-28)
 ---------------------
 
diff --git a/docs/changelog/2798.bugfix.rst b/docs/changelog/2798.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 3c3356900..000000000
--- a/docs/changelog/2798.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-Upgrade embedded wheels:
-
-* setuptools to ``75.3.0`` from ``75.2.0``
diff --git a/docs/changelog/2800.bugfix.rst b/docs/changelog/2800.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ab7376b6..000000000
--- a/docs/changelog/2800.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Upgrade embedded wheels:
-
-* wheel to ``0.45.0`` from ``0.44.0``
-* setuptools to ``75.5.0``
diff --git a/docs/changelog/2801.bugfix.rst b/docs/changelog/2801.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index e06dd8ca5..000000000
--- a/docs/changelog/2801.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-no longer forcibly echo off during windows batch activation
diff --git a/docs/changelog/2804.bugfix.rst b/docs/changelog/2804.bugfix.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 05753e58e..000000000
--- a/docs/changelog/2804.bugfix.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Upgrade embedded wheels:
-
-* setuptools to ``75.6.0`` from ``75.5.0``
-* wheel to ``0.45.1`` from ``0.45.0``
diff --git a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/setuptools-75.5.0-py3-none-any.whl b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/setuptools-75.5.0-py3-none-any.whl
deleted file mode 100644
index de6825cdc..000000000
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diff --git a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/wheel-0.45.0-py3-none-any.whl b/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/wheel-0.45.0-py3-none-any.whl
deleted file mode 100644
index 36618c77b..000000000
Binary files a/src/virtualenv/seed/wheels/embed/wheel-0.45.0-py3-none-any.whl and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/tasks/make_zipapp.py b/tasks/make_zipapp.py
index 4fc07dac0..608efcf8c 100644
--- a/tasks/make_zipapp.py
+++ b/tasks/make_zipapp.py
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ def __init__(self, into) -> None:
         self.into = into
         self.collected = defaultdict(lambda: defaultdict(dict))
         self.pip_cmd = [str(Path(sys.executable).parent / "pip")]
-        self._cmd = [*self.pip_cmd, "download", "-q", "--no-deps", "--dest", str(self.into)]
+        self._cmd = [*self.pip_cmd, "download", "-q", "--no-deps", "--no-cache-dir", "--dest", str(self.into)]
 
     def run(self, target, versions):
         whl = self.build_sdist(target)
diff --git a/tasks/upgrade_wheels.py b/tasks/upgrade_wheels.py
index 70269d084..9fd58fe00 100644
--- a/tasks/upgrade_wheels.py
+++ b/tasks/upgrade_wheels.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ def download(ver, dest, package):
             "pip",
             "--disable-pip-version-check",
             "download",
+            "--no-cache-dir",
             "--only-binary=:all:",
             "--python-version",
             ver,
@@ -119,14 +120,8 @@ def get_embed_wheel(distribution, for_py_version):
         )
         dest_target = DEST / "__init__.py"
         dest_target.write_text(msg, encoding="utf-8")
-        subprocess.run(
-            [sys.executable, "-m", "ruff", "check", str(dest_target), "--fix", "--unsafe-fixes"],
-            check=False,
-        )
-        subprocess.run(
-            [sys.executable, "-m", "ruff", "format", str(dest_target), "--preview"],
-            check=False,
-        )
+        subprocess.run([sys.executable, "-m", "ruff", "check", str(dest_target), "--fix", "--unsafe-fixes"])
+        subprocess.run([sys.executable, "-m", "ruff", "format", str(dest_target), "--preview"])
 
         raise SystemExit(outcome)