diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index bf0a25ec..34d51d9e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ TBD
 - Updated Plugin `max_concurrent` to support -1 to utilize the default formula that `concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor` supports `min(32, os.cpu_count() + 4)`
 - Updated SystemClient to utilize the local Garden name for default Namespace if none can be determined
 - Updated default Garden version to `UNKNOWN`
+- Updated `get_current_request_read_only` to support sub threads calling where current_request is not populated
 
 3.27.2
 ------
diff --git a/brewtils/plugin.py b/brewtils/plugin.py
index b5b37e8b..830661c2 100644
--- a/brewtils/plugin.py
+++ b/brewtils/plugin.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def get_current_request_read_only():
     Returns a copy of the current request, modifications to this object
     do not impact the actual current request
     """
-    return copy.deepcopy(request_context.current_request)
+    return copy.deepcopy(getattr(request_context, "current_request", None))
 
 
 class Plugin(object):