diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 67960972..3a3ba64e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Brewtils Changelog
 ------
 TBD
 
-- Self Referecing SystemClient now supports kwargs provided through the Parameter annotation
+- Self Referencing SystemClient now supports default values provided through the Parameter annotation
 
 3.24.0
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diff --git a/brewtils/request_handling.py b/brewtils/request_handling.py
index 68f52f72..52e0bc3e 100644
--- a/brewtils/request_handling.py
+++ b/brewtils/request_handling.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def process_command(self, request):
         for command in self._system.commands:
             if command.name == request.command:
                 for parameter in command.parameters:
-                    if parameter.is_kwarg:
+                    if parameter.default:
                         if parameter.key not in request.parameters:
                             request.parameters[parameter.key] = parameter.default