diff --git a/pidgin.changes b/pidgin.changes
index 18b2859..bed7a6f 100644
--- a/pidgin.changes
+++ b/pidgin.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Nov 28 11:47:33 UTC 2023 - Dominique Leuenberger <dimstar@opensuse.org>
+
+- Use %patch -p N instead of deprecated %patchN.
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Feb 19 10:05:55 UTC 2023 - Dirk Müller <dmueller@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/pidgin.spec b/pidgin.spec
index 023345f..1e6f509 100644
--- a/pidgin.spec
+++ b/pidgin.spec
@@ -226,13 +226,13 @@ scripts and plugins.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
-%patch0 -p1
-%patch1 -p1
-%patch2 -p1
+%patch -P 0 -p1
+%patch -P 1 -p1
+%patch -P 2 -p1
 %if 0%{?sle_version} >= 120000 && !0%{?is_opensuse}
-%patch3 -p1
+%patch -P 3 -p1
 %endif
-%patch4 -p1
+%patch -P 4 -p1
 
 cp -f %{SOURCE3} %{name}-prefs.xml