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      id="d6d3b8ff-606c-4caa-b857-d16ec5cbb84d">&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:11.64pt;font-weight:bold;"&gt;PGIM Rock ETF Trust&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.70pt;font-weight:bold;"&gt;PGIM S&amp;amp;P 500 Buffer 12 ETF&#160;&#x2013; August&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.70pt;font-weight:bold;"&gt;PGIM S&amp;amp;P 500 Buffer 20 ETF&#160;&#x2013; August&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.70pt;font-weight:bold;"&gt;(each a &#x201c;Fund&#x201d; and collectively the &#x201c;Funds&#x201d;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;"&gt;Supplement dated July 31, 2025&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;"&gt;to the Funds&#x2019; Currently Effective Summary Prospectus and Prospectus&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;"&gt;As described in detail in the Funds&#x2019; prospectus, an investment in shares of a Fund is subject to a pre-determined upside return cap (the &#x201c;cap&#x201d;) that represents the maximum percentage return an investor can achieve from an investment in such Fund for the entire Target Outcome Period (generally, an approximate one-year period over which each Fund seeks to produce the target outcome). The Target Outcome Period for each Fund will commence on August&#160;1, 2025 and end on July 31, 2026.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;"&gt;An investment in a Fund over the course of the Target Outcome Period will be subject to such Fund&#x2019;s cap as set forth in the table below.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;font-weight:bold;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;Fund Name&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;font-weight:bold;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;Ticker&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;font-weight:bold;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;Cap&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;font-weight:bold;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;Investment Objective&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;PGIM S&amp;amp;P 500 Buffer &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;12 ETF&#160;&#x2013; August&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;AUGP&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;Gross: 14.07%&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;Net: 13.57%*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;The Fund&#x2019;s investment objective is to provide &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;investors with returns that match the price return &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;of the SPDR&#xae; S&amp;amp;P 500&#xae; ETF Trust up to a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;predetermined upside cap while providing a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;downside buffer against the first 12% (before fees &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;and expenses) of the SPDR&#xae; S&amp;amp;P 500&#xae; ETF &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;Trust&#x2019;s losses over the one-year Target Outcome &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;Period. In seeking to achieve this investment &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;objective, the Fund&#x2019;s upside cap over the period &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;August&#160;1, 2025 through July 31, 2026 is 14.07% &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;(before fees and expenses).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;PGIM S&amp;amp;P 500 Buffer &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;20 ETF&#160;&#x2013; August&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;PBAU&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;Gross: 11.18%&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;Net: 10.68%*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;The Fund&#x2019;s investment objective is to provide &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;investors with returns that match the price return &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;of the SPDR&#xae; S&amp;amp;P 500&#xae; ETF Trust up to a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;predetermined upside cap while providing a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;downside buffer against the first 20% (before fees &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;and expenses) of the SPDR&#xae; S&amp;amp;P 500&#xae; ETF &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;Trust&#x2019;s losses over the one-year Target Outcome &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;Period. In seeking to achieve this investment &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;objective, the Fund&#x2019;s upside cap over the period &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;August&#160;1, 2025 through July 31, 2026 is 11.18% &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;margin-left:0.0pt;"&gt;(before fees and expenses).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:8pt;"&gt;* Takes into account the Fund&#x2019;s unitary management fee.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;"&gt;In connection with the onset of the new Target Outcome Period, each Fund&#x2019;s prospectus is amended as set forth below:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#545454;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;"&gt;&#x25a0;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;"&gt;The sections in the Funds&#x2019; Prospectus entitled &#x201c;Investment Objective&#x201d; are deleted in their entirety and replaced with the corresponding disclosure set forth under &#x201c;Investment Objective&#x201d; in the table above.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#545454;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;"&gt;&#x25a0;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;"&gt;All references to the dates associated with the prior Target Outcome Period are deleted in their entirety and replaced with references to the new Target Outcome Period: August&#160;1, 2025 through July 31, 2026.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#545454;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;"&gt;&#x25a0;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.73pt;"&gt;All references to the upside cap for the prior outcome period are deleted in their entirety and replaced with the corresponding cap set forth in the table above.&lt;/span&gt;</oef:SupplementToProspectusTextBlock>
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