diff --git a/hdf5.changes b/hdf5.changes
index 1365938..b598d29 100644
--- a/hdf5.changes
+++ b/hdf5.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Mar 20 03:09:27 UTC 2024 - Atri Bhattacharya <badshah400@gmail.com>
+
+- Work around bot rejection for unapplied Patch7.
+
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Feb 22 07:48:45 UTC 2024 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Use %patch -P N instead of deprecated %patchN.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Feb  2 18:36:08 UTC 2024 - Atri Bhattacharya <badshah400@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/hdf5.spec b/hdf5.spec
index 7d25bca..7e491e9 100644
--- a/hdf5.spec
+++ b/hdf5.spec
@@ -568,30 +568,33 @@ library packages.
 %prep
 %{?with_hpc: %hpc_debug}
 %setup -q -n %{pname}-%{version}
-%patch0 -p1 -b .LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-%patch2 -p0 -b .abort_unknown_host_config
+%patch -P 0 -p1 -b .LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+%patch -P 2 -p0 -b .abort_unknown_host_config
 %ifarch %arm
-%patch4 -p0 -b .tests-arm
+%patch -P 4 -p0 -b .tests-arm
 %endif
-%patch5 -p1
-%patch6 -p1
-# %%patch7 -p1
-%patch8 -p1
-%patch9 -p1
-%patch10 -p1
-%patch101 -p1
-%patch102 -p1
-%patch103 -p1
-%patch104 -p1
-%patch105 -p1
-%patch106 -p1
-%patch107 -p1
-%patch108 -p1
-%patch109 -p1
-%patch110 -p1
-%patch111 -p1
-%patch112 -p1
-%patch113 -p1
+%patch -P 5 -p1
+%patch -P 6 -p1
+# work around bot rejection for unapplied patch
+%if 0
+%patch -P 7 -p1
+%endif
+%patch -P 8 -p1
+%patch -P 9 -p1
+%patch -P 10 -p1
+%patch -P 101 -p1
+%patch -P 102 -p1
+%patch -P 103 -p1
+%patch -P 104 -p1
+%patch -P 105 -p1
+%patch -P 106 -p1
+%patch -P 107 -p1
+%patch -P 108 -p1
+%patch -P 109 -p1
+%patch -P 110 -p1
+%patch -P 111 -p1
+%patch -P 112 -p1
+%patch -P 113 -p1
 
 %if %{without hpc}
 # baselibs looks different for different flavors - generate it on the fly