diff --git a/log4net.changes b/log4net.changes
index e4fd987..2e7d128 100644
--- a/log4net.changes
+++ b/log4net.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Nov 27 14:37:12 UTC 2023 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Use %autosetup macro. Allows to eliminate the usage of deprecated
+  %patchN.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Sep  7 02:34:56 UTC 2022 - Yifan Jiang <yfjiang@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/log4net.spec b/log4net.spec
index 2757559..57db7a1 100644
--- a/log4net.spec
+++ b/log4net.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # spec file for package log4net
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2022 SUSE LLC
+# Copyright (c) 2023 SUSE LLC
 #
 # All modifications and additions to the file contributed by third parties
 # remain the property of their copyright owners, unless otherwise agreed
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ variety of output targets. log4net is a port of the excellent log4j
 framework to the .NET runtime
 
 %prep
-%setup -q -c
-%patch1 -p1
+%autosetup -c -p1
 sed -i "s|@VERSION@|%{version}|" %{SOURCE2}
 #=============================================================================