diff --git a/numad.changes b/numad.changes
index 77aa5f1..57bee91 100644
--- a/numad.changes
+++ b/numad.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Feb 22 14:02:49 UTC 2024 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Use %autosetup macro. Allows to eliminate the usage of deprecated
+  %patchN
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Oct 15 07:27:14 UTC 2021 - Johannes Segitz <jsegitz@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/numad.spec b/numad.spec
index 5856fec..8a865a0 100644
--- a/numad.spec
+++ b/numad.spec
@@ -55,15 +55,7 @@ a large database server or a single JVM instance then numad is likely
 to regress performance.
 
 %prep
-%setup -q
-%patch1 -p1
-%patch2 -p1
-%patch3 -p1
-%patch4 -p1
-%patch5 -p1
-%patch6 -p1
-%patch7 -p1
-%patch8 -p1
+%autosetup -p1
 
 %build
 make OPT_CFLAGS="$RPM_OPT_FLAGS" %{?_smp_mflags}