diff --git a/CODEOWNERS b/CODEOWNERS
index 5685aa6e9..37f8a98b8 100644
--- a/CODEOWNERS
+++ b/CODEOWNERS
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ lexicon/providers/ovh.py            @adferrand
 lexicon/providers/plesk.py          @ctron
 lexicon/providers/pointhq.py        @analogj
 lexicon/providers/powerdns.py       @insertjokehere @splashx
-lexicon/providers/rackspace.py      @rmarscher
+lexicon/providers/rackspace.py      @rmarscher @mattgauf
 lexicon/providers/rage4.py          @analogj
 lexicon/providers/rcodezero.py      @MikeAT
 lexicon/providers/route53.py        @eadmundo
diff --git a/lexicon/providers/rackspace.py b/lexicon/providers/rackspace.py
index 2933ffce3..0abc9101f 100644
--- a/lexicon/providers/rackspace.py
+++ b/lexicon/providers/rackspace.py
@@ -206,11 +206,12 @@ def _request(self, action="GET", url="/", data=None, query_params=None):
         full_url = (
             f"{self.api_endpoint}/{self._get_rackspace_option('auth_account')}{url}"
         )
+        # For data= argument, use None value for GET requests to comply with Rackspace API
         response = requests.request(
             action,
             full_url,
             params=query_params,
-            data=json.dumps(data),
+            data=json.dumps(data) if action != "GET" else None,
             headers={
                 "X-Auth-Token": self._get_rackspace_option("auth_token"),
                 "Content-Type": "application/json",