diff --git a/modules/tox.ini b/modules/tox.ini
index a144cb159..e8ac2fcb2 100644
--- a/modules/tox.ini
+++ b/modules/tox.ini
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ recreate = True
 # Note: centos developer env requires ruby-devel
 # Ubuntu developer env requires ruby-dev
 deps =
-whitelist_externals =
+allowlist_externals =
     gem
     bash
 setenv =
diff --git a/puppet-manifests/tox.ini b/puppet-manifests/tox.ini
index 4a4681103..5345c8efd 100644
--- a/puppet-manifests/tox.ini
+++ b/puppet-manifests/tox.ini
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ recreate = True
 # Note: centos developer env requires ruby-devel
 # Ubuntu developer env requires ruby-dev
 deps =
-whitelist_externals =
+allowlist_externals =
     gem
     bash
 setenv =
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 29e7475e8..afe35bdd9 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ setenv =
 deps =
   -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
   -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
-whitelist_externals =
+allowlist_externals =
   bash
 
 [testenv:shellcheck]
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ commands = bindep test
 basepython = python3
 # Note: centos developer env requires ruby-devel
 # Ubuntu developer env requires ruby-dev
-whitelist_externals =
+allowlist_externals =
     gem
     bash
 setenv =