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      <amendmentNo>1</amendmentNo>
      <securitiesClassTitle>Common</securitiesClassTitle>
      <eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>12/31/2024</eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>
      <issuerInfo>
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        <issuerName>HERITAGE FINANCIAL CORP /WA/</issuerName>
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          <com:street1>201 FIFTH AVENUE S.W.</com:street1>
          <com:street2>201 FIFTH AVENUE S.W.</com:street2>
          <com:city>OLYMPIA</com:city>
          <com:stateOrCountry>WA</com:stateOrCountry>
          <com:zipCode>98501</com:zipCode>
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        <designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>Rule 13d-1(b)</designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>
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      <reportingPersonName>PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC</reportingPersonName>
      <citizenshipOrOrganization>NJ</citizenshipOrOrganization>
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        <issuerName>HERITAGE FINANCIAL CORP /WA/</issuerName>
        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>201 FIFTH AVENUE S.W., 201 FIFTH AVENUE S.W., OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON, 98501.</issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
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        <filingPersonName>Prudential Financial, Inc. </filingPersonName>
        <principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>751 Broad Street
Newark, New Jersey 07102-3777
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        <citizenship>New Jersey</citizenship>
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        <typeOfPersonFiling>HC</typeOfPersonFiling>
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        <amountBeneficiallyOwned>2,283,725</amountBeneficiallyOwned>
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          <sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>2,213,055</sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>
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        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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      <item6>
        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <ownershipMoreThan5PercentOnBehalfOfAnotherPerson>Our clients may have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, such securities which are the subject of this filing. </ownershipMoreThan5PercentOnBehalfOfAnotherPerson>
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        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <subsidiaryIdentificationAndClassification>Prudential Financial, Inc. is a Parent Holding Company and the indirect parent of the following subsidiaries, who are the beneficial owners of the number and percentage of securities which are the subject of this filing as set forth next to their names:

Subsidiaries 	 	                                                                      Number of shares 	Percentage
The Prudential Insurance Company of America      IC                            41,760                   0.1
Jennison Associates LLC                                        IA                            2,206,766              6.5
PGIM, Inc.                                                              IA                            0                            0.0
PGIM Quantitative Solutions LLC                            IA                            35,199                   0.1
PRUCO Securities, LLC 	                                     IA                            0                            0.0

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        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <certifications>By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under &amp;#167; 240.14a-11.

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    <signatureInformation>
      <reportingPersonName>PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>Richard Baker</signature>
        <title>Second Vice President</title>
        <date>02/13/2025</date>
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