diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 11813328d..446b6777a 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+# Version ?
+
+## Bug fixes
+
+* fixed compilation of `src/common/sorting.h` with certain compilers due to
+  the deprecation & removal of `std::result_of<>` in C++20. Fixes #3695.
+
+
 # Version 84.0 "Sleeper" 2024-04-28
 
 ## New features and enhancements
diff --git a/src/common/sorting.h b/src/common/sorting.h
index 4958d7557..c371d145f 100644
--- a/src/common/sorting.h
+++ b/src/common/sorting.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ namespace mtx::sort {
 
 template<  typename Titer
          , typename Tcriterion_maker
-         , typename Tcriterion = typename std::result_of< Tcriterion_maker(typename std::iterator_traits<Titer>::value_type) >::type
+         , typename Tcriterion = typename std::invoke_result< Tcriterion_maker, typename std::iterator_traits<Titer>::value_type >::type
          , typename Tcomparator = std::less<Tcriterion>
          >
 void