diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index a4712c0..2294f3a 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ deps =
   -r {toxinidir}/requirements.txt
   -r {toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
   -r {toxinidir}/doc/requirements.txt
-whitelist_externals =
+allowlist_externals =
   bash
   ansible-galaxy
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ deps =
   -c {env:TOX_CONSTRAINTS_FILE:https://releases.openstack.org/constraints/upper/train}
   -r {toxinidir}/requirements.txt
   -r {toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
-whitelist_externals =
+allowlist_externals =
   bash
   cp
   find
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ commands=
     doc8 doc
 
 [pdf-docs]
-whitelist_externals = make
+allowlist_externals = make
 description =
   Build PDF documentation.
 envdir = {toxworkdir}/docs