diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cfbc8f9e7..747afbdbf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1645,7 +1645,7 @@ No release notes
 
 - Make it possible to disable all core plugins using `corePlugins: false`
 - Make it possible to configure a single list of variants that applies to all utility plugins
-- Make it possible to whitelist which core plugins should be enabled
+- Make it possible to safelist which core plugins should be enabled
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/tests/configurePlugins.test.js b/tests/configurePlugins.test.js
index 85828bf78..490cddc03 100644
--- a/tests/configurePlugins.test.js
+++ b/tests/configurePlugins.test.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ test('passing only false removes all plugins', () => {
   expect(configuredPlugins).toEqual([])
 })
 
-test('passing an array whitelists plugins', () => {
+test('passing an array safelists plugins', () => {
   const plugins = ['fontSize', 'display', 'backgroundPosition']
 
   const configuredPlugins = configurePlugins(['display'], plugins)