diff --git a/git_trace2_event_log.py b/git_trace2_event_log.py
index 7426aba9..2edab0e1 100644
--- a/git_trace2_event_log.py
+++ b/git_trace2_event_log.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class EventLog(object):
     return {
         'event': event_name,
         'sid': self._full_sid,
-        'thread': threading.currentThread().getName(),
+        'thread': threading.current_thread().name,
         'time': datetime.datetime.utcnow().isoformat() + 'Z',
     }