diff --git a/app/controllers/concerns/workhorse_authorization.rb b/app/controllers/concerns/workhorse_authorization.rb
index 648e6f409e6c9c52e1af11de3fe22483ed3e8ceb..f9b859443071a45abd3b963fb668133a16b120b6 100644
--- a/app/controllers/concerns/workhorse_authorization.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/concerns/workhorse_authorization.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ module WorkhorseAuthorization
   def file_is_valid?(file)
     return false unless file.is_a?(::UploadedFile)
 
-    file_extension_whitelist.include?(File.extname(file.original_filename).downcase.delete('.'))
+    file_extension_allowlist.include?(File.extname(file.original_filename).downcase.delete('.'))
   end
 
   def uploader_class
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ module WorkhorseAuthorization
     raise NotImplementedError
   end
 
-  def file_extension_whitelist
+  def file_extension_allowlist
     ImportExportUploader::EXTENSION_ALLOWLIST
   end
 end
diff --git a/ee/app/controllers/projects/requirements_management/requirements_controller.rb b/ee/app/controllers/projects/requirements_management/requirements_controller.rb
index f6b6c0eb04f47040fffdbb5a052e121b31857090..4405a6bc106531734844e01795437ebdb4b94577 100644
--- a/ee/app/controllers/projects/requirements_management/requirements_controller.rb
+++ b/ee/app/controllers/projects/requirements_management/requirements_controller.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 class Projects::RequirementsManagement::RequirementsController < Projects::ApplicationController
   include WorkhorseAuthorization
 
-  EXTENSION_WHITELIST = %w[csv].map(&:downcase).freeze
+  EXTENSION_ALLOWLIST = %w[csv].map(&:downcase).freeze
 
   before_action :authorize_read_requirement!
   before_action :authorize_import_access!, only: [:import_csv, :authorize]
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class Projects::RequirementsManagement::RequirementsController < Projects::Appli
   end
 
   def invalid_file_message
-    supported_file_extensions = ".#{EXTENSION_WHITELIST.join(', .')}"
+    supported_file_extensions = ".#{EXTENSION_ALLOWLIST.join(', .')}"
     _("The uploaded file was invalid. Supported file extensions are %{extensions}.") % { extensions: supported_file_extensions }
   end
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class Projects::RequirementsManagement::RequirementsController < Projects::Appli
     Gitlab::CurrentSettings.max_attachment_size.megabytes
   end
 
-  def file_extension_whitelist
-    EXTENSION_WHITELIST
+  def file_extension_allowlist
+    EXTENSION_ALLOWLIST
   end
 end