diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index f79a6c3a..1d0e6eb4 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ setenv =
     PYTHONPATH = {toxinidir}
     # Adding the option here instead of as a default in the docs Makefile because that Makefile is generated by shpinx.
     SPHINXOPTS = -W
-whitelist_externals =
+allowlist_externals =
     make
     rm
 deps =
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ commands =
     make -e -C docs html
 
 [testenv:translations]
-whitelist_externals =
+allowlist_externals =
     make
 deps =
     -r{toxinidir}/requirements/dev.txt
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ commands =
     make validate_translations
 
 [testenv:quality]
-whitelist_externals =
+allowlist_externals =
     make
 deps =
     -r{toxinidir}/requirements/quality.txt