diff --git a/homeassistant/components/websocket_api/commands.py b/homeassistant/components/websocket_api/commands.py
index fb9ffea2904..2dd6ff47e3c 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/websocket_api/commands.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/websocket_api/commands.py
@@ -58,11 +58,11 @@ def handle_subscribe_events(hass, connection, msg):
     """Handle subscribe events command."""
     # Circular dep
     # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
-    from .permissions import SUBSCRIBE_WHITELIST
+    from .permissions import SUBSCRIBE_ALLOWLIST
 
     event_type = msg["event_type"]
 
-    if event_type not in SUBSCRIBE_WHITELIST and not connection.user.is_admin:
+    if event_type not in SUBSCRIBE_ALLOWLIST and not connection.user.is_admin:
         raise Unauthorized
 
     if event_type == EVENT_STATE_CHANGED:
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/websocket_api/permissions.py b/homeassistant/components/websocket_api/permissions.py
index 8b00981fb04..010a18f972c 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/websocket_api/permissions.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/websocket_api/permissions.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ from homeassistant.helpers.entity_registry import EVENT_ENTITY_REGISTRY_UPDATED
 
 # These are events that do not contain any sensitive data
 # Except for state_changed, which is handled accordingly.
-SUBSCRIBE_WHITELIST = {
+SUBSCRIBE_ALLOWLIST = {
     EVENT_AREA_REGISTRY_UPDATED,
     EVENT_COMPONENT_LOADED,
     EVENT_CORE_CONFIG_UPDATE,