As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 27, 2018

Securities Act Registration No. 333-222469

Investment Company Act Registration No. 811-23324

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
PRE-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO.

POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 5 (X)

and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
AMENDMENT NO. 6 (X)

Check appropriate box or boxes

PGIM ETF TRUST

Exact name of registrant as specified in charter

655 Broad Street, 17th Floor
Newark, New Jersey 07102

Address of Principal Executive Offices including Zip Code

(973) 367-7521

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code

Deborah A. Docs

655 Broad Street, 17^th Floor
Newark, New Jersey 07102

Name and Address of Agent for Service

It is proposed that this filing will become effective:

__ immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
X_ on September 24, 2018 pursuant to paragraph (b)
__ 60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
__ on (____) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
__ 75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
__ on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485

If appropriate, check the following box:
X_ this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

Explanatory Note:

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 5 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement under the Securities Act of 1933 and Amendment No. 6 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the Amendment) only relates to the PGIM Active High Yield Bond ETF series of the Registrant.

The Amendment is not intended to amend the current prospectus and statement of additional information for any other series of the Registrant.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Newark, and State of New Jersey, on the 27th day of August 2018.

PGIM ETF Trust

Stuart S. Parker, President

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

Signature	Title	Date
* Ellen S. Alberding	Trustee
* Kevin J. Bannon	Trustee
* Scott E. Benjamin	Trustee
* Linda W. Bynoe	Trustee
* Barry H. Evans	Trustee
* Keith F. Hartstein	Trustee
* Laurie Simon Hodrick	Trustee
* Michael S. Hyland	Trustee
* Stuart S. Parker	Trustee and President, Principal Executive Officer
* Richard A. Redeker	Trustee
* Brian K. Reid	Trustee
* Grace C. Torres	Trustee
* Brian D. Nee	Treasurer, Principal Financial and Accounting Officer

Signature		Title		Date
*By: /s/ Claudia DiGiacomo Claudia DiGiacomo		Attorney-in-Fact		August 27, 2018

POWER OF ATTORNEY

for the PGIM Fund Complex

The undersigned, Ellen S. Alberding, Kevin J. Bannon, Scott E. Benjamin, Linda W. Bynoe, Barry H. Evans, Keith F. Hartstein, Laurie Simon Hodrick, Michael S. Hyland, Stuart S. Parker, Richard A. Redeker, Brian K. Reid, and Grace C. Torres as directors/trustees of each of the registered investment companies listed in Appendix A hereto, hereby authorize Andrew French, Claudia DiGiacomo, Deborah A. Docs, Raymond A. O’Hara and Jonathan D. Shain, or any of them, as attorney-in-fact, to sign on his or her behalf in the capacities indicated (and not in such person’s personal individual capacity for personal financial or estate planning), the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed for such registered investment company or any amendment thereto (including any pre-effective or post-effective amendments) and any and all supplements or other instruments in connection therewith, including Form N-PX, Forms 3, 4 and 5 for or on behalf of each registered investment company listed in Appendix A or any current or future series thereof, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

This Power of Attorney may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but which taken together shall constitute one instrument.


/s/ Ellen S. Alberding Ellen S. Alberding	/s/ Laurie Simon Hodrick Laurie Simon Hodrick
/s/ Kevin J. Bannon Kevin J. Bannon	/s/ Michael S. Hyland Michael S. Hyland
/s/ Scott E. Benjamin Scott E. Benjamin	/s/ Stuart S. Parker Stuart S. Parker
/s/ Linda W. Bynoe Linda W. Bynoe	/s/ Richard A. Redeker Richard A. Redeker
/s/ Barry H. Evans Barry S. Evans	/s/ Brian K. Reid Brian K. Reid
/s/ Keith F. Hartstein Keith F. Hartstein	/s/ Grace C. Torres Grace C. Torres
Dated: March 8, 2018

APPENDIX A

Prudential Government Money Market Fund, Inc.
The Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc.
Prudential Investment Portfolios 2
Prudential Investment Portfolios 3
Prudential Investment Portfolios Inc. 14
Prudential Investment Portfolios 4
Prudential Investment Portfolios 5
Prudential Investment Portfolios 6
Prudential National Muni Fund, Inc.
Prudential Jennison Blend Fund, Inc.
Prudential Jennison Mid-Cap Growth Fund, Inc.
Prudential Investment Portfolios 7
Prudential Investment Portfolios 8
Prudential Jennison Small Company Fund, Inc.
Prudential Investment Portfolios 9
Prudential World Fund, Inc.
Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 10
Prudential Jennison Natural Resources Fund, Inc.
Prudential Global Total Return Fund, Inc.
Prudential Investment Portfolios 12
Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 15
Prudential Investment Portfolios 16
Prudential Investment Portfolios, Inc. 17
Prudential Investment Portfolios 18
Prudential Sector Funds, Inc.
Prudential Short-Term Corporate Bond Fund, Inc.
The Target Portfolio Trust
The Prudential Variable Contract Account-2
The Prudential Variable Contract Account-10
PGIM ETF Trust

POWER OF ATTORNEY

for the PGIM Fund Complex

The undersigned, Brian Nee, as treasurer and principal financial and accounting officer of each of the registered investment companies listed in Appendix A hereto, hereby authorize Andrew French, Claudia DiGiacomo, Deborah A. Docs, Raymond A. O’Hara and Jonathan D. Shain, or any of them, as attorney-in-fact, to sign on his behalf in the capacities indicated (and not in such person’s personal individual capacity for personal financial or estate planning), the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, filed for such registered investment company or any amendment thereto (including any pre-effective or post-effective amendments) and any and all supplements or other instruments in connection therewith, including Form N-PX, Forms 3, 4 and 5 for or on behalf of each registered investment company listed in Appendix A or any current or future series thereof, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

This Power of Attorney may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but which taken together shall constitute one instrument.

/s/ Brian Nee

Brian Nee

Dated: July 13, 2018

Appendix A