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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0508</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2025-11-14</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001141197</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>PEDEVCO CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>PED</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0002094581</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>FRANKLIN KRISTEL MARY</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O PEDEVCO CORP. 575 N. DAIRY ASHFORD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>ENERGY CENTER II, SUITE 210</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>HOUSTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>TX</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>77079</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>true</isDirector>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <aff10b5One>false</aff10b5One>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2025-11-13</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>false</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>114543</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>114543</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The shares of Restricted Common Stock were issued to the Reporting Person pursuant to the Issuer's 2021 Equity Incentive Plan and are subject to forfeiture. The shares vest at the rate of (i) 25% of the shares on the three (3) month anniversary of October 31, 2025; (ii) 25% on the six (6) month anniversary of October 31,2025; (iii) 25% on the nine (9) month anniversary of October 31, 2025; and (iv) 25% on the twelve (12) month anniversary of October 31, 2025, subject to the Reporting Person's continued service to the Company on such vesting dates, and subject to the terms and conditions of a Restricted Shares Grant Agreement entered into by and between the Issuer and the Reporting Person.  Exempt from Section 16(b) pursuant to Rule 16b-3.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Issued to the Reporting Person in consideration for services rendered and agreed to be rendered as a member of the Board of Directors of the Issuer.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>See Power of Attorney filed as Exhibit 24.1 to the Form 3 filed by Reporting Person on November 10, 2025.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Clark R. Moore, attorney-in-fact for Kristel Franklin</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2025-11-14</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
