diff --git a/native-comp.patch b/native-comp.patch
index f3b4adf..ae91fa7 100644
--- a/native-comp.patch
+++ b/native-comp.patch
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-diff --git a/usr/share/emacs/29.0.90/lisp/emacs-lisp/comp.el b/usr/share/emacs/29.0.90/lisp/emacs-lisp/comp.el
+diff --git a/usr/share/emacs/@@VERSION@@/lisp/emacs-lisp/comp.el b/usr/share/emacs/@@VERSION@@/lisp/emacs-lisp/comp.el
 index e97832455b9..b04cfa00c33 100644
---- a/usr/share/emacs/29.0.90/lisp/emacs-lisp/comp.el
-+++ b/usr/share/emacs/29.0.90/lisp/emacs-lisp/comp.el
+--- a/usr/share/emacs/@@VERSION@@/lisp/emacs-lisp/comp.el
++++ b/usr/share/emacs/@@VERSION@@/lisp/emacs-lisp/comp.el
 @@ -186,8 +186,7 @@ and above."
    :type '(repeat string)
    :version "28.1")
diff --git a/snapcraft.yaml b/snapcraft.yaml
index 482186a..572fa53 100644
--- a/snapcraft.yaml
+++ b/snapcraft.yaml
@@ -255,7 +255,9 @@ parts:
       # snap
       rm -f usr/share/emacs/*/lisp/emacs-lisp/comp.elc
       gunzip -f usr/share/emacs/*/lisp/emacs-lisp/comp.el.gz
-      patch -p1 < $SNAPCRAFT_PROJECT_DIR/native-comp.patch
+      # ensure we use the right path in the patch file
+      VERSION=$(echo usr/share/emacs/*/lisp/emacs-lisp/comp.el | cut -d / -f 4)
+      sed s/@@VERSION@@/$VERSION/g $SNAPCRAFT_PROJECT_DIR/native-comp.patch | patch -p1
       ../parts/emacs/build/src/emacs -batch -f batch-byte-compile usr/share/emacs/*/lisp/emacs-lisp/comp.el
       gzip usr/share/emacs/*/lisp/emacs-lisp/comp.el
   site-lisp: