diff --git a/nedit.changes b/nedit.changes
index 7d57702..500e4b4 100644
--- a/nedit.changes
+++ b/nedit.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Thu Feb 22 13:58:04 UTC 2024 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Use %patch -P N instead of deprecated %patchN.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Jun 29 05:31:30 UTC 2017 - bwiedemann@suse.com
 
diff --git a/nedit.spec b/nedit.spec
index eb4b6c8..0c516b1 100644
--- a/nedit.spec
+++ b/nedit.spec
@@ -52,12 +52,12 @@ and a lot other nice features (and extensions for programmers).
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
-%patch1 -p1
-%patch2 -p1
-%patch3 -p1
-%patch4 -p1
-%patch5
-%patch6 -p1
+%patch -P 1 -p1
+%patch -P 2 -p1
+%patch -P 3 -p1
+%patch -P 4 -p1
+%patch -P 5
+%patch -P 6 -p1
 
 %build
 make -j1 RPM_OPT_FLAGS="%{optflags}" linux