diff --git a/tox-ansible.ini b/tox-ansible.ini
index 7b1e8660..fd1e5f9f 100644
--- a/tox-ansible.ini
+++ b/tox-ansible.ini
@@ -1,15 +1,20 @@
 [tox]
 skipsdist = true
 
 [testenv]
 deps =
     ansible-core
     ansible-dev-environment
 
+allowlist_externals =
+    mkdir
+    ln
+
 commands_pre =
     mkdir -p {envtmpdir}/ansible_collections/vyos
     ln -s {toxinidir} {envtmpdir}/ansible_collections/vyos/vyos
-    cd {envtmpdir}/ansible_collections/vyos/vyos
+
+change_dir = {envtmpdir}/ansible_collections/vyos/vyos
 
 commands =
     ansible-test sanity