diff --git a/sysvinit.changes b/sysvinit.changes
index 790e7c0..f8e5a1d 100644
--- a/sysvinit.changes
+++ b/sysvinit.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Mon Feb 26 13:28:43 UTC 2024 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Use %patch -P N instead of deprecated %patchN.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Fri Aug 18 13:03:53 UTC 2023 - Dr. Werner Fink <werner@suse.de>
 
diff --git a/sysvinit.spec b/sysvinit.spec
index c5def23..8a8dc0c 100644
--- a/sysvinit.spec
+++ b/sysvinit.spec
@@ -85,9 +85,9 @@ rm -rf killproc-%{KPVER}
 rm -rf startpar-%{START} startpar
 ln -sf startpar startpar-%{START}
 %setup -n %{name}-%{SIVER} -q -b 1 -b 2
-%patch2  -p0 -b .suse
-%patch9  -p0 -b .no-kill
-%patch0
+%patch -P 2  -p0 -b .suse
+%patch -P 9  -p0 -b .no-kill
+%patch -P 0
 pushd doc
   mkdir killproc
 popd
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ pushd ../killproc-%{KPVER}
 ln -t../%{name}-%{SIVER}/doc/killproc README.md
 popd
 pushd ../startpar-%{START}
-%patch50
+%patch -P 50
 popd
 %_fixowner .
 %_fixgroup .