diff --git a/sbl.changes b/sbl.changes
index 9ef4e1d..8c9bc45 100644
--- a/sbl.changes
+++ b/sbl.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Feb 26 13:05:05 UTC 2024 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Use %patch -P N instead of deprecated %patchN.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jul  7 09:49:24 UTC 2020 - Callum Farmer <callumjfarmer13@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/sbl.spec b/sbl.spec
index 02e469b..3003e65 100644
--- a/sbl.spec
+++ b/sbl.spec
@@ -57,15 +57,15 @@ this python module enables orca to use brld for braille output
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
-%patch1
-%patch2
-%patch3
+%patch -P 1
+%patch -P 2
+%patch -P 3
 %if "%{_lib}" == "lib64"
-%patch4 -p1
+%patch -P 4 -p1
 %endif
-%patch5 -p1
-%patch6 -p1
-%patch7 -p1
+%patch -P 5 -p1
+%patch -P 6 -p1
+%patch -P 7 -p1
 
 %build
 make %{?_smp_mflags} CFLAGS="%{optflags} -fcommon -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=2 -D_BSD_SOURCE" \