diff --git a/cronie.changes b/cronie.changes
index 265bd67..558d457 100644
--- a/cronie.changes
+++ b/cronie.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Feb 26 10:51:55 UTC 2024 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Use %patch -P N instead of deprecated %patchN.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Mon Jan 22 15:39:47 UTC 2024 - Danilo Spinella <danilo.spinella@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/cronie.spec b/cronie.spec
index 6448555..fc11f89 100644
--- a/cronie.spec
+++ b/cronie.spec
@@ -103,15 +103,15 @@ overloaded in settings.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q -n %{name}-%{name}-%{cronie_version}
-%patch3 -p1
-%patch4
-%patch5 -p1
+%patch -P 3 -p1
+%patch -P 4
+%patch -P 5 -p1
 cp %{SOURCE7} ./cron_to_cronie.README
-%patch13 -p1
+%patch -P 13 -p1
 %if 0%{?suse_version} > 1500
-%patch14 -p1
+%patch -P 14 -p1
 %endif
-%patch16 -p1
+%patch -P 16 -p1
 
 %build
 # fill macro CRON_VERSION it is used in top three lines of crontab file,should be reworked