diff --git a/python-setuptools.changes b/python-setuptools.changes
index 70954a3..d3d5bd9 100644
--- a/python-setuptools.changes
+++ b/python-setuptools.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Mar 30 07:55:30 UTC 2025 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- update to 78.1.0:
+  * Restore access to _get_vc_env with a warning.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Mar 24 17:42:46 UTC 2025 - Markéta Machová <mmachova@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/python-setuptools.spec b/python-setuptools.spec
index 0b0a87e..3fa43e3 100644
--- a/python-setuptools.spec
+++ b/python-setuptools.spec
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ ExclusiveArch:  do-not-build
 %define mypython python
 %{?sle15_python_module_pythons}
 Name:           %{pprefix}-setuptools%{psuffix}
-Version:        78.0.2
+Version:        78.1.0
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Download, build, install, upgrade, and uninstall Python packages
 License:        Apache-2.0 AND MIT AND BSD-2-Clause AND Python-2.0
diff --git a/setuptools-78.0.2.tar.gz b/setuptools-78.0.2.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index c91afb1..0000000
--- a/setuptools-78.0.2.tar.gz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:137525e6afb9022f019d6e884a319017f9bf879a0d8783985d32cbc8683cab93
-size 1367747
diff --git a/setuptools-78.1.0.tar.gz b/setuptools-78.1.0.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4bde2eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setuptools-78.1.0.tar.gz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:18fd474d4a82a5f83dac888df697af65afa82dec7323d09c3e37d1f14288da54
+size 1367827