diff --git a/recipes/apr/all/conandata.yml b/recipes/apr/all/conandata.yml
index 0e388265ecf5f..6ce547b4ee2f4 100644
--- a/recipes/apr/all/conandata.yml
+++ b/recipes/apr/all/conandata.yml
@@ -7,21 +7,26 @@ sources:
     sha256: "e2e148f0b2e99b8e5c6caa09f6d4fb4dd3e83f744aa72a952f94f5a14436f7ea"
 patches:
   "1.7.4":
-    - patch_file: "patches/0401-cmake-build-only-shared-static.patch"
+    - patch_file: "patches/1.7.4-0001-cmake-build-only-shared-static.patch"
       patch_type: "conan"
       patch_description: "Use BUILD_SHARED_LIBS to conditionally build static/dynamic libs"
-    - patch_file: "patches/0006-sys_siglist-fix.patch"
+    - patch_file: "patches/1.7.0-0002-apr-config-prefix-env.patch"
+      patch_type: "conan"
+      patch_description: "Allow downtream recipes to detect some helpr build files of apr in a relocatalbe context"
+    - patch_file: "patches/1.7.0-0006-sys_siglist-fix.patch"
       patch_type: "bugfix"
       patch_description: "Replace deprecated sys_siglist[] with strsignal()"
   "1.7.0":
-    - patch_file: "patches/0001-cmake-build-only-shared-static.patch"
+    - patch_file: "patches/1.7.0-0001-cmake-build-only-shared-static.patch"
       patch_type: "conan"
       patch_description: "Use BUILD_SHARED_LIBS to conditionally build static/dynamic libs"
-    - patch_file: "patches/0002-apr-config-prefix-env.patch"
-    - patch_file: "patches/0003-cmake-gen_test_char-use-target.patch"
-    - patch_file: "patches/0004-autotools-mingw.patch"
-    - patch_file: "patches/0005-clang12-apple.patch"
-    - patch_file: "patches/0006-sys_siglist-fix.patch"
+    - patch_file: "patches/1.7.0-0002-apr-config-prefix-env.patch"
+      patch_type: "conan"
+      patch_description: "Allow downtream recipes to detect some helpr build files of apr in a relocatalbe context"
+    - patch_file: "patches/1.7.0-0003-cmake-gen_test_char-use-target.patch"
+    - patch_file: "patches/1.7.0-0004-autotools-mingw.patch"
+    - patch_file: "patches/1.7.0-0005-clang12-apple.patch"
+    - patch_file: "patches/1.7.0-0006-sys_siglist-fix.patch"
       patch_type: "bugfix"
       patch_description: "Replace deprecated sys_siglist[] with strsignal()"
-    - patch_file: "patches/0007-cmake-minimum-required.patch"
+    - patch_file: "patches/1.7.0-0007-cmake-minimum-required.patch"
diff --git a/recipes/apr/all/patches/0001-cmake-build-only-shared-static.patch b/recipes/apr/all/patches/1.7.0-0001-cmake-build-only-shared-static.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from recipes/apr/all/patches/0001-cmake-build-only-shared-static.patch
rename to recipes/apr/all/patches/1.7.0-0001-cmake-build-only-shared-static.patch
diff --git a/recipes/apr/all/patches/0002-apr-config-prefix-env.patch b/recipes/apr/all/patches/1.7.0-0002-apr-config-prefix-env.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from recipes/apr/all/patches/0002-apr-config-prefix-env.patch
rename to recipes/apr/all/patches/1.7.0-0002-apr-config-prefix-env.patch
diff --git a/recipes/apr/all/patches/0003-cmake-gen_test_char-use-target.patch b/recipes/apr/all/patches/1.7.0-0003-cmake-gen_test_char-use-target.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from recipes/apr/all/patches/0003-cmake-gen_test_char-use-target.patch
rename to recipes/apr/all/patches/1.7.0-0003-cmake-gen_test_char-use-target.patch
diff --git a/recipes/apr/all/patches/0004-autotools-mingw.patch b/recipes/apr/all/patches/1.7.0-0004-autotools-mingw.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from recipes/apr/all/patches/0004-autotools-mingw.patch
rename to recipes/apr/all/patches/1.7.0-0004-autotools-mingw.patch
diff --git a/recipes/apr/all/patches/0005-clang12-apple.patch b/recipes/apr/all/patches/1.7.0-0005-clang12-apple.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from recipes/apr/all/patches/0005-clang12-apple.patch
rename to recipes/apr/all/patches/1.7.0-0005-clang12-apple.patch
diff --git a/recipes/apr/all/patches/0006-sys_siglist-fix.patch b/recipes/apr/all/patches/1.7.0-0006-sys_siglist-fix.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from recipes/apr/all/patches/0006-sys_siglist-fix.patch
rename to recipes/apr/all/patches/1.7.0-0006-sys_siglist-fix.patch
diff --git a/recipes/apr/all/patches/0007-cmake-minimum-required.patch b/recipes/apr/all/patches/1.7.0-0007-cmake-minimum-required.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from recipes/apr/all/patches/0007-cmake-minimum-required.patch
rename to recipes/apr/all/patches/1.7.0-0007-cmake-minimum-required.patch
diff --git a/recipes/apr/all/patches/0401-cmake-build-only-shared-static.patch b/recipes/apr/all/patches/1.7.4-0001-cmake-build-only-shared-static.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from recipes/apr/all/patches/0401-cmake-build-only-shared-static.patch
rename to recipes/apr/all/patches/1.7.4-0001-cmake-build-only-shared-static.patch