diff --git a/etckeeper.changes b/etckeeper.changes
index fa7fd78..ebd5a8e 100644
--- a/etckeeper.changes
+++ b/etckeeper.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Feb 21 15:42:14 UTC 2024 - Michael Vetter <mvetter@suse.com>
+
+- Use %autosetup macro. Allows to eliminate the usage of deprecated
+  %patchN.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Nov 17 13:52:20 UTC 2022 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
 
diff --git a/etckeeper.spec b/etckeeper.spec
index c6ed7ce..5aeb979 100644
--- a/etckeeper.spec
+++ b/etckeeper.spec
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package etckeeper
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2024 SUSE LLC
 # Copyright (c) 2014 Mitsutoshi NAKANO <bkbin005@rinku.zaq.ne.jp>
 # Copyright (c) 2013 Pascal Bleser <pascal.bleser@opensuse.org>
 #
@@ -139,9 +139,7 @@ Requires:       etckeeper = %{version}-%{release}
 zsh command line completion support for %{name}.
 
 %prep
-%setup -q
-%patch0 -p1
-%patch1 -p1
+%autosetup -p1
 
 %build
 find -type f -name ".gitignore" -delete