diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sdk/ExtensionsRunner.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sdk/ExtensionsRunner.java
index e7cfe6bf..34f2b62e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sdk/ExtensionsRunner.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sdk/ExtensionsRunner.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 import org.opensearch.discovery.InitializeExtensionsRequest;
 import org.opensearch.extensions.ExtensionActionListenerOnFailureRequest;
 import org.opensearch.extensions.DiscoveryExtension;
-import org.opensearch.extensions.EnvironmentSettingsRequest;
 import org.opensearch.extensions.AddSettingsUpdateConsumerRequest;
 import org.opensearch.extensions.UpdateSettingsRequest;
 import org.opensearch.extensions.ExtensionsOrchestrator.RequestType;
@@ -368,24 +367,31 @@ public void sendActionListenerOnFailureRequest(TransportService transportService
     }
 
     /**
-     * Requests the environment setting values from OpenSearch for the corresponding component settings. The result will be handled by a {@link EnvironmentSettingsResponseHandler}.
+     * Requests the environment settings from OpenSearch. The result will be handled by a {@link EnvironmentSettingsResponseHandler}.
      *
-     * @param componentSettings The component setting that correspond to the values provided by the environment settings
      * @param transportService  The TransportService defining the connection to OpenSearch.
+     * @return A Setting object from the OpenSearch Node environment
      */
-    public void sendEnvironmentSettingsRequest(TransportService transportService, List<Setting<?>> componentSettings) {
+    public Settings sendEnvironmentSettingsRequest(TransportService transportService) {
         logger.info("Sending Environment Settings request to OpenSearch");
         EnvironmentSettingsResponseHandler environmentSettingsResponseHandler = new EnvironmentSettingsResponseHandler();
         try {
             transportService.sendRequest(
                 opensearchNode,
                 ExtensionsOrchestrator.REQUEST_EXTENSION_ENVIRONMENT_SETTINGS,
-                new EnvironmentSettingsRequest(componentSettings),
+                new ExtensionRequest(ExtensionsOrchestrator.RequestType.REQUEST_EXTENSION_ENVIRONMENT_SETTINGS),
                 environmentSettingsResponseHandler
             );
+            // Wait on environment settings response
+            environmentSettingsResponseHandler.awaitResponse();
+        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+            logger.info("Failed to recieve Environment Settings response from OpenSearch", e);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             logger.info("Failed to send Environment Settings request to OpenSearch", e);
         }
+
+        // At this point, response handler has read in the environment settings
+        return environmentSettingsResponseHandler.getEnvironmentSettings();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sdk/handlers/EnvironmentSettingsResponseHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sdk/handlers/EnvironmentSettingsResponseHandler.java
index 3e72ac56..f539e004 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sdk/handlers/EnvironmentSettingsResponseHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/opensearch/sdk/handlers/EnvironmentSettingsResponseHandler.java
@@ -10,28 +10,48 @@
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.opensearch.env.EnvironmentSettingsResponse;
+import org.opensearch.extensions.ExtensionsOrchestrator;
 import org.opensearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.opensearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.opensearch.sdk.ExtensionsRunner;
 import org.opensearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
 import org.opensearch.transport.TransportException;
 import org.opensearch.transport.TransportResponseHandler;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 /**
  * This class handles the response from OpenSearch to a {@link ExtensionsRunner#sendEnvironmentSettingsRequest} call.
  */
 public class EnvironmentSettingsResponseHandler implements TransportResponseHandler<EnvironmentSettingsResponse> {
+
     private static final Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(EnvironmentSettingsResponseHandler.class);
+    private final CountDownLatch inProgressLatch;
+    private Settings environmentSettings;
+
+    /**
+    * Instantiates a new EnvironmentSettingsResponseHandler with a count down latch and an empty Settings object
+    */
+    public EnvironmentSettingsResponseHandler() {
+        this.inProgressLatch = new CountDownLatch(1);
+        this.environmentSettings = Settings.EMPTY;
+    }
 
     @Override
     public void handleResponse(EnvironmentSettingsResponse response) {
         logger.info("received {}", response);
+
+        // Set environmentSettings from response
+        this.environmentSettings = response.getEnvironmentSettings();
+        inProgressLatch.countDown();
     }
 
     @Override
     public void handleException(TransportException exp) {
         logger.info("EnvironmentSettingsRequest failed", exp);
+        inProgressLatch.countDown();
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -43,4 +63,15 @@ public String executor() {
     public EnvironmentSettingsResponse read(StreamInput in) throws IOException {
         return new EnvironmentSettingsResponse(in);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Invokes await on the EnvironmentSettingsResponseHandler count down latch
+     */
+    public void awaitResponse() throws InterruptedException {
+        inProgressLatch.await(ExtensionsOrchestrator.EXTENSION_REQUEST_WAIT_TIMEOUT, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+    }
+
+    public Settings getEnvironmentSettings() {
+        return this.environmentSettings;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sdk/TestExtensionsRunner.java b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sdk/TestExtensionsRunner.java
index dc2fef61..f8267ae2 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sdk/TestExtensionsRunner.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/sdk/TestExtensionsRunner.java
@@ -25,11 +25,9 @@
 import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.security.Principal;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.List;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
@@ -250,9 +248,7 @@ public void testActionListenerOnFailureRequest() {
 
     @Test
     public void testEnvironmentSettingsRequest() {
-
-        List<Setting<?>> componentSettings = new ArrayList<>();
-        extensionsRunner.sendEnvironmentSettingsRequest(transportService, componentSettings);
+        extensionsRunner.sendEnvironmentSettingsRequest(transportService);
 
         verify(transportService, times(1)).sendRequest(any(), anyString(), any(), any(EnvironmentSettingsResponseHandler.class));
     }