diff --git a/dicts.changes b/dicts.changes
index 6bb78aa..511df33 100644
--- a/dicts.changes
+++ b/dicts.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Feb 26 08:08:01 UTC 2024 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Use %patch -P N instead of deprecated %patchN.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Oct 12 12:33:35 UTC 2023 - Dr. Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
 
diff --git a/dicts.spec b/dicts.spec
index 82a0b7d..69ad78a 100644
--- a/dicts.spec
+++ b/dicts.spec
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ the package dicts.
   patch -s -p0
   make -f Makefile.Linux extract
   rm Makefile.Linux
-%patch0 -p0 -b .pdicts
+%patch -P 0 -p0 -b .pdicts
 
 # unify the permissions of all files, to make fdupes working again (bnc#784670)
 find . -type f -exec chmod 0644 {} +