diff --git a/remote.go b/remote.go
index 08f00a8d9..080acf816 100644
--- a/remote.go
+++ b/remote.go
@@ -243,11 +243,13 @@ func (v *Viper) watchKeyValueConfigOnChannel() error {
 		go func(rc <-chan *RemoteResponse) {
 			for {
 				b := <-rc
+        		v.viperLock.Lock()  
 				reader := bytes.NewReader(b.Value)
 				err := v.unmarshalReader(reader, v.kvstore)
 				if err != nil {
 					v.logger.Error(fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal remote config: %w", err).Error())
 				}
+        		v.viperLock.Unlock()  
 			}
 		}(respc)
 		return nil
diff --git a/viper.go b/viper.go
index 2d5158cbd..62eb269b1 100644
--- a/viper.go
+++ b/viper.go
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ type Viper struct {
 
 	experimentalFinder     bool
 	experimentalBindStruct bool
+
+	viperLock sync.RWMutex
 }
 
 // New returns an initialized Viper instance.
@@ -713,6 +715,9 @@ func Get(key string) any { return v.Get(key) }
 //
 // Get returns an interface. For a specific value use one of the Get____ methods.
 func (v *Viper) Get(key string) any {
+	v.viperLock.RLock()
+	defer v.viperLock.RUnlock()
+
 	lcaseKey := strings.ToLower(key)
 	val := v.find(lcaseKey, true)
 	if val == nil {