diff --git a/examples/text-generation/quantization_config/act_maxabs_hw_weights_pcs_maxabs_pow2_quant.json b/examples/text-generation/quantization_config/act_maxabs_hw_weights_pcs_maxabs_pow2_quant.json
index 258848c946..602a147baa 100644
--- a/examples/text-generation/quantization_config/act_maxabs_hw_weights_pcs_maxabs_pow2_quant.json
+++ b/examples/text-generation/quantization_config/act_maxabs_hw_weights_pcs_maxabs_pow2_quant.json
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
     "mode": "QUANTIZE",
     "observer": "maxabs",
     "scale_method": "ACT_MAXABS_POW2_WEIGHTS_PCS_OPT_POW2",
-    "whitelist": {"types": [], "names":  []},
-    "blacklist": {"types": [], "names":  []},
+    "allowlist": {"types": [], "names":  []},
+    "blocklist": {"types": [], "names":  []},
     "dump_stats_path": "./hqt_output/measure",
     "dump_stats_xlsx_path": "./hqt_output/measure/fp8stats.xlsx"
 }
diff --git a/examples/text-generation/quantization_config/maxabs_measure.json b/examples/text-generation/quantization_config/maxabs_measure.json
index 3715b506b6..3645fe743a 100644
--- a/examples/text-generation/quantization_config/maxabs_measure.json
+++ b/examples/text-generation/quantization_config/maxabs_measure.json
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
     "method": "HOOKS",
     "mode": "MEASURE",
     "observer": "maxabs",
-    "whitelist": {"types": [], "names":  []},
-    "blacklist": {"types": [], "names":  []},
+    "allowlist": {"types": [], "names":  []},
+    "blocklist": {"types": [], "names":  []},
     "dump_stats_path": "./hqt_output/measure",
     "dump_stats_xlsx_path": "./hqt_output/measure/fp8stats.xlsx"
 }
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diff --git a/examples/text-generation/quantization_config/maxabs_quant.json b/examples/text-generation/quantization_config/maxabs_quant.json
index cb37e98a6e..02314a728e 100644
--- a/examples/text-generation/quantization_config/maxabs_quant.json
+++ b/examples/text-generation/quantization_config/maxabs_quant.json
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
     "mode": "QUANTIZE",
     "observer": "maxabs",
     "scale_method": "maxabs_hw",
-    "whitelist": {"types": [], "names":  []},
-    "blacklist": {"types": [], "names":  []},
+    "allowlist": {"types": [], "names":  []},
+    "blocklist": {"types": [], "names":  []},
     "dump_stats_path": "./hqt_output/measure",
     "dump_stats_xlsx_path": "./hqt_output/measure/fp8stats.xlsx"
 }
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diff --git a/examples/text-generation/quantization_config/unit_scale_quant.json b/examples/text-generation/quantization_config/unit_scale_quant.json
index e2d709da61..caad4bb2a4 100644
--- a/examples/text-generation/quantization_config/unit_scale_quant.json
+++ b/examples/text-generation/quantization_config/unit_scale_quant.json
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
     "mode": "QUANTIZE",
     "observer": "maxabs",
     "scale_method": "unit_scale",
-    "whitelist": {"types": [], "names":  []},
-    "blacklist": {"types": [], "names":  []},
+    "allowlist": {"types": [], "names":  []},
+    "blocklist": {"types": [], "names":  []},
     "dump_stats_path": "./hqt_output/measure",
     "dump_stats_xlsx_path": "./hqt_output/measure/fp8stats.xlsx"
 }
diff --git a/tests/transformers/tests/test_modeling_common.py b/tests/transformers/tests/test_modeling_common.py
index c2a818f257..2fc32c83bb 100755
--- a/tests/transformers/tests/test_modeling_common.py
+++ b/tests/transformers/tests/test_modeling_common.py
@@ -1884,8 +1884,8 @@ def test_multi_gpu_data_parallel_forward(self):
 
         # some params shouldn't be scattered by nn.DataParallel
         # so just remove them if they are present.
-        blacklist_non_batched_params = ["head_mask", "decoder_head_mask", "cross_attn_head_mask"]
-        for k in blacklist_non_batched_params:
+        blocklist_non_batched_params = ["head_mask", "decoder_head_mask", "cross_attn_head_mask"]
+        for k in blocklist_non_batched_params:
             inputs_dict.pop(k, None)
 
         # move input tensors to cuda:O