diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index f619287fbcb..663ada60caf 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ deps =
     PyYAML
     regendoc>=0.8.1
     sphinx
-whitelist_externals =
+allowlist_externals =
     make
 commands =
     make regen