diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index b27a0f9ebab9..37cfdbb31c28 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [tox]
-minversion = 3.1.1
+minversion = 3.18.0
 envlist = py38,functional,pep8
 # Automatic envs (pyXX) will only use the python version appropriate to that
 # env and ignore basepython inherited from [testenv] if we set
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ ignore_basepython_conflict = True
 [testenv]
 basepython = python3
 usedevelop = True
-whitelist_externals =
+allowlist_externals =
   bash
   find
   rm