diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5e78686955..dce5a30b7c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -412,6 +412,7 @@ select = [
 [tool.tox]
 legacy_tox_ini = """
 [tox]
+minversion = 3.18.0
 envlist = py39
 
 [testenv]
@@ -444,7 +445,7 @@ passenv = RUN_APIDOC
 setenv =
     update: RUN_APIDOC = False
 changedir = docs
-whitelist_externals = make
+allowlist_externals = make
 commands =
     clean: make clean
     make debug