diff --git a/ack.changes b/ack.changes
index 4dfa663..89792d7 100644
--- a/ack.changes
+++ b/ack.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Feb 20 09:58:05 UTC 2024 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Use %autosetup macro. Allows to eliminate the usage of deprecated
+  %patchN.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Mar  1 20:32:18 UTC 2023 - Andreas Stieger <andreas.stieger@gmx.de>
 
diff --git a/ack.spec b/ack.spec
index b295007..fc01f69 100644
--- a/ack.spec
+++ b/ack.spec
@@ -62,9 +62,7 @@ App::Ack is a grep-like tool tailored to working with large trees of source
 code.
 
 %prep
-%setup -q -n %{name}-v%{version}
-%patch1 -p1
-%patch3 -p1
+%autosetup -p1 -n %{name}-v%{version}
 
 %build
 perl Makefile.PL