diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1bfd25b..1ce909f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ Changelog for the gruf-lightstep gem.
 
 ### Pending Release
 
+- Move from whitelist -> allowlist in server interceptor
+
 ### 1.3.0
 
 - Bump Ruby requirement to 2.6+
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@ Changelog for the gruf-lightstep gem.
 
 - First OSS release
 - Explicitly require bc-lightstep-ruby dependency
-- Add option to whitelist request params to lightstep as span tags
+- Add option to allowlist request params to lightstep as span tags
 
 ### 1.1.1
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ce4b039..0808dc9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # gruf-lightstep - LightStep tracing for gruf
 
-[![CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/bigcommerce/gruf-lightstep/tree/master.svg?style=svg)](https://circleci.com/gh/bigcommerce/gruf-lightstep/tree/master) [![Gem Version](https://badge.fury.io/rb/gruf-lightstep.svg)](https://badge.fury.io/rb/gruf-lightstep) [![Inline docs](http://inch-ci.org/github/bigcommerce/gruf-lightstep.svg?branch=master)](http://inch-ci.org/github/bigcommerce/gruf-lightstep)
+[![CircleCI](https://circleci.com/gh/bigcommerce/gruf-lightstep/tree/main.svg?style=svg)](https://circleci.com/gh/bigcommerce/gruf-lightstep/tree/main) [![Gem Version](https://badge.fury.io/rb/gruf-lightstep.svg)](https://badge.fury.io/rb/gruf-lightstep) [![Inline docs](http://inch-ci.org/github/bigcommerce/gruf-lightstep.svg?branch=main)](http://inch-ci.org/github/bigcommerce/gruf-lightstep)
 
 Adds LightStep tracing support for [gruf](https://github.com/bigcommerce/gruf) 2.0.0+.
 
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ It comes with a few more options as well:
 
 | Option | Description | Default |
 | ------ | ----------- | ------- |
-| whitelist | An array of parameter key names to log to lightstep. E.g. `[uuid kind]` | `[]` |
+| allowlist | An array of parameter key names to log to lightstep. E.g. `[uuid kind]` | `[]` |
 | ignore_methods | An array of method names to ignore from logging. E.g. `['namespace.health.check']` | `[]` |
 
-It's important to maintain a safe whitelist should you decide to log parameters; gruf does no
-parameter sanitization on its own. We also recommend do not whitelist parameters that may contain
+It's important to maintain a safe allowlist should you decide to log parameters; gruf does no
+parameter sanitization on its own. We also recommend do not allowlist parameters that may contain
 very large values (such as binary or json data).
 
 ### Client Interceptors
diff --git a/lib/gruf/lightstep/server_interceptor.rb b/lib/gruf/lightstep/server_interceptor.rb
index 3fb3614..76f363c 100644
--- a/lib/gruf/lightstep/server_interceptor.rb
+++ b/lib/gruf/lightstep/server_interceptor.rb
@@ -25,13 +25,10 @@ class ServerInterceptor < Gruf::Interceptors::ServerInterceptor
       # Handle the gruf around hook and trace sampled requests
       #
       def call(&_block)
-        return yield if options.fetch(:ignore_methods, []).include?(request.method_name)
+        return yield if ignore_methods.include?(request.method_name)
 
         result = nil
-
-        whitelist = options.fetch(:whitelist, []).map(&:to_s).map(&:to_sym)
         params = request_message_params
-
         tracer = ::Bigcommerce::Lightstep::Tracer.instance
         tracer.clear_active_span! # because we're always starting from the top on a gRPC boundary
         tracer.start_span(request.method_name, context: request_method.headers.to_h) do |span|
@@ -40,7 +37,7 @@ def call(&_block)
           span.set_tag('grpc.service', request.service_key)
           span.set_tag('span.kind', 'server')
 
-          whitelist.each do |param|
+          allowlist.each do |param|
             span.set_tag(param.to_s, params[param]) if params.key?(param)
           end
 
@@ -59,6 +56,19 @@ def call(&_block)
 
       private
 
+      ##
+      # @return [Array<String>]
+      def ignore_methods
+        @ignore_methods ||= options.fetch(:ignore_methods, nil) || []
+      end
+
+      ##
+      # @return [Array<Symbol>]
+      #
+      def allowlist
+        @allowlist ||= (options.fetch(:allowlist, nil) || []).map(&:to_s).map(&:to_sym)
+      end
+
       ##
       # @param [StandardError]
       # @return [Number] that maps to one of the GRCP::Core::StatusCodes or Gruf::Lightstep.default_error_code
diff --git a/spec/gruf/lightstep/server_interceptor_spec.rb b/spec/gruf/lightstep/server_interceptor_spec.rb
index d069725..77b9124 100644
--- a/spec/gruf/lightstep/server_interceptor_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/gruf/lightstep/server_interceptor_spec.rb
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@
       end
     end
 
-    context 'with request param whitelist' do
-      let(:options) { { whitelist: ['uuid'] } }
+    context 'with request param allowlist' do
+      let(:options) { { allowlist: ['uuid'] } }
       let(:span) { double(:span, set_tag: true) }
 
       it 'should only trace the uuid request param' do