diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 235f03cbe..34b47e945 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ deps = -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
 
 [testenv:linters]
 basepython = python3
-whitelist_externals = bash
+allowlist_externals = bash
 commands =
   {[testenv:ansible-lint]commands}
   bash -c "find {toxinidir}          \
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ commands =
 
 [testenv:ansible-lint]
 basepython = python3
-whitelist_externals = bash
+allowlist_externals = bash
 # ansible-lint error checks are suppressed/skipped through the .ansible-lint file
 commands =
   bash -c "ls playbookconfig/src/playbooks/*.yml | xargs --no-run-if-empty ansible-lint"