diff --git a/cdc/model/changefeed_test.go b/cdc/model/changefeed_test.go
index 454f95165a5..8fcfcf24bb5 100644
--- a/cdc/model/changefeed_test.go
+++ b/cdc/model/changefeed_test.go
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func (s *configSuite) TestFillV1(c *check.C) {
                 1,
                 2
             ],
-            "ddl-white-list":"AQI="
+            "ddl-allow-list":"AQI="
         },
         "mounter":{
             "worker-num":64
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ func (s *configSuite) TestFillV1(c *check.C) {
 					IgnoreDBs: []string{"test", "sys"},
 				},
 				IgnoreTxnStartTs: []uint64{1, 2},
-				DDLWhitelist:     []model.ActionType{1, 2},
+				DDLAllowlist:     []model.ActionType{1, 2},
 			},
 			Mounter: &config.MounterConfig{
 				WorkerNum: 64,
diff --git a/cmd/cmd_test.go b/cmd/cmd_test.go
index c1de836f041..f107e8c63ee 100644
--- a/cmd/cmd_test.go
+++ b/cmd/cmd_test.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ case-sensitive = false
 
 [filter]
 ignore-txn-start-ts = [1, 2]
-ddl-white-list = [1, 2]
+ddl-allow-list = [1, 2]
 rules = ['*.*', '!test.*']
 
 [mounter]
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ polling-time = 5
 	c.Assert(cfg.CaseSensitive, check.IsFalse)
 	c.Assert(cfg.Filter, check.DeepEquals, &config.FilterConfig{
 		IgnoreTxnStartTs: []uint64{1, 2},
-		DDLWhitelist:     []model.ActionType{1, 2},
+		DDLAllowlist:     []model.ActionType{1, 2},
 		Rules:            []string{"*.*", "!test.*"},
 	})
 	c.Assert(cfg.Mounter, check.DeepEquals, &config.MounterConfig{
diff --git a/pkg/config/filter.go b/pkg/config/filter.go
index 5c6850de7b0..688eaa46408 100644
--- a/pkg/config/filter.go
+++ b/pkg/config/filter.go
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ type FilterConfig struct {
 	Rules []string `toml:"rules" json:"rules"`
 	*filter.MySQLReplicationRules
 	IgnoreTxnStartTs []uint64           `toml:"ignore-txn-start-ts" json:"ignore-txn-start-ts"`
-	DDLWhitelist     []model.ActionType `toml:"ddl-white-list" json:"ddl-white-list"`
+	DDLAllowlist     []model.ActionType `toml:"ddl-allow-list" json:"ddl-allow-list"`
 }
diff --git a/pkg/filter/filter.go b/pkg/filter/filter.go
index e80867f68b8..d10e4eaac71 100644
--- a/pkg/filter/filter.go
+++ b/pkg/filter/filter.go
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import (
 type Filter struct {
 	filter           filter.Filter
 	ignoreTxnStartTs []uint64
-	ddlWhitelist     []model.ActionType
+	ddlAllowlist     []model.ActionType
 	isCyclicEnabled  bool
 }
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func NewFilter(cfg *config.ReplicaConfig) (*Filter, error) {
 	return &Filter{
 		filter:           f,
 		ignoreTxnStartTs: cfg.Filter.IgnoreTxnStartTs,
-		ddlWhitelist:     cfg.Filter.DDLWhitelist,
+		ddlAllowlist:     cfg.Filter.DDLAllowlist,
 		isCyclicEnabled:  cfg.Cyclic.IsEnabled(),
 	}, nil
 }
@@ -94,18 +94,18 @@ func (f *Filter) ShouldIgnoreDDLEvent(ts uint64, schema, table string) bool {
 
 // ShouldDiscardDDL returns true if this DDL should be discarded
 func (f *Filter) ShouldDiscardDDL(ddlType model.ActionType) bool {
-	if !f.shouldDiscardByBuiltInDDLWhitelist(ddlType) {
+	if !f.shouldDiscardByBuiltInDDLAllowlist(ddlType) {
 		return false
 	}
-	for _, whiteDDLType := range f.ddlWhitelist {
-		if whiteDDLType == ddlType {
+	for _, allowDDLType := range f.ddlAllowlist {
+		if allowDDLType == ddlType {
 			return false
 		}
 	}
 	return true
 }
 
-func (f *Filter) shouldDiscardByBuiltInDDLWhitelist(ddlType model.ActionType) bool {
+func (f *Filter) shouldDiscardByBuiltInDDLAllowlist(ddlType model.ActionType) bool {
 	/* The following DDL will be filter:
 	ActionAddForeignKey                 ActionType = 9
 	ActionDropForeignKey                ActionType = 10
diff --git a/pkg/filter/filter_test.go b/pkg/filter/filter_test.go
index cb4c09827ca..01de50e39f5 100644
--- a/pkg/filter/filter_test.go
+++ b/pkg/filter/filter_test.go
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func (s *filterSuite) TestShouldIgnoreTxn(c *check.C) {
 func (s *filterSuite) TestShouldDiscardDDL(c *check.C) {
 	config := &config.ReplicaConfig{
 		Filter: &config.FilterConfig{
-			DDLWhitelist: []model.ActionType{model.ActionAddForeignKey},
+			DDLAllowlist: []model.ActionType{model.ActionAddForeignKey},
 		},
 	}
 	filter, err := NewFilter(config)