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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001292814-24-001654
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20240630
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240429
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240426

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ECOPETROL S.A.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001444406
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			F8
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-34175
		FILM NUMBER:		24886224

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		CARRERA 7 NO 37-69
		CITY:			BOGOTA
		STATE:			F8
		ZIP:			00000
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5712345000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		CARRERA 7 NO 37-69
		CITY:			BOGOTA
		STATE:			F8
		ZIP:			00000
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT face=times><FONT><B><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">UNITED STATES</FONT></B></FONT></FONT></P>

<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT face=times><FONT><B><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</FONT></B></FONT></FONT><FONT face=times><FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT face=times><FONT><B><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Washington, D.C. 20549</FONT></B></FONT></FONT></P>

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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT face=times><FONT><B><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">FORM 6-K</FONT></B></FONT></FONT></P>

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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT face=times><FONT><B><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER</FONT></B></FONT></FONT><FONT face=times><FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT face=times><FONT><B><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER</FONT></B></FONT></FONT><FONT face=times><FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR></FONT></FONT></FONT><FONT face=times><FONT><B><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</FONT></B></FONT></FONT></P>

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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-TOP: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT face=times><FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">For the month of April, 2024</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>

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   <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT face=times><FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">Carrera 13 No. 36 &#8211; 24</FONT></FONT></FONT></TD></TR>

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   <TD style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1pt solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT face=times><FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">BOGOTA D.C. &#8211; COLOMBIA</FONT></FONT></FONT></TD></TR>

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   <TD style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><FONT face=times><FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">(Address of principal executive offices)</FONT></FONT></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE></DIV>

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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><FONT face=times><FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>

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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0pt 0px; TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in"><FONT face=times><FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.</FONT></FONT></FONT></P>

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   <TD style="WHITE-SPACE: nowrap"><FONT><FONT color=black face=times><FONT><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: top">Chief Financial Officer</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></TD>

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<P style="MARGIN: 0pt 0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family: times; font-size: 10pt">Date: April 26</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: times">,
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<P STYLE="font: 15pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Ecopetrol announces senior management changes</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt/107% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 8pt; text-align: justify">Ecopetrol S.A. (BVC: ECOPETROL; NYSE: EC)
announces that the Board of Directors, at its meeting held on April 26, 2024, made the following appointments in property:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt/107% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 0 35.4pt; text-align: justify">1. Felipe Trujillo L&oacute;pez as
Vice President Commercial and Marketing, effective as of this date. Dr. Trujillo has been in charge of this Vice-Presidency since January
20, 2024. He is an Industrial Engineer from Universidad Javeriana, specialist in Strategic Marketing from CESA and Master in Business
Administration from Universidad de los Andes. He has 25 years of experience in commercial and marketing positions, 20 of which have been
in Ecopetrol in the areas of marketing, commercialization, evaluation and structuring of new businesses. She has held different positions
within Ecopetrol, such as National Commercialization Manager, Petrochemicals and Industrials Manager, New Business Manager, Gas Manager
and currently Products and Petrochemicals Manager, area in charge of the commercialization and trading of fuels and petrochemicals and
industrials produced by Ecopetrol in its refineries and commercialized in the national and international markets.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt/107% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 0 35.4pt; text-align: justify">2. Victoria Irene Sep&uacute;lveda
Ballesteros as Corporate Vice President of Human Resources, effective as of the date hereof. Dr. Sep&uacute;lveda has been in charge of
this Vice-Presidency since January 19, 2024. She is a lawyer from the Universidad Aut&oacute;noma de Bucaramanga, with a specialization
in Commercial Law from the Universidad Aut&oacute;noma de Bucaramanga and an MBA candidate from the EAN; with nearly 20 years of experience
in administrative and human management positions, having extensive management of human talent and union relations in companies and business
groups in the energy sector in Colombia. Previously, she was the Human Resources Manager at Chilco, parent company in Colombia of the
Lipigas Group. She has held corporate roles in business groups as Director of Subsidiaries and Human Resources Manager.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt/107% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 0 35.4pt; text-align: justify">3. Mar&iacute;a Cristina Toro Restrepo
as Legal Vice President, effective May 7, 2024. She is a lawyer from Universidad de Caldas with specialization in Mining and Energy Law
from Universidad Externado de Colombia, specialist in Commercial Law from Universidad de Caldas and specialist in Tax and Customs Legislation
from Universidad de Caldas. With 28 years of experience, she has been General Secretary of EPM, Head of the Legal Advisory Office of Metro
de Bogot&aacute;, General Secretary of Metro de Medell&iacute;n, Manager of Labor Relations Management of EPM, General Secretary and Legal
Vice-President of Grupo Energ&iacute;a de Bogot&aacute;, General Secretary of CHEC and Legal Director of Aguas de Manizales. Member of
Women in Connection and of the Advisory Board of the Women and Board Leadership Community of CESA.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt/107% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Alberto Enrique Consuegra Granger, who had been
serving as Chief Operating Officer (COO), will serve until May 10, 2024. Rafael Guzm&aacute;n, current President of Hocol, will be in charge as acting COO as of May 11, 2024 and
until the appointment of the new position is made.</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 11pt/107% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Ecopetrol S.A. thanks Alberto for his valuable
management during more than seven years in the Ecopetrol Group. His contributions to the achievements were fundamental for the consolidation
of the strategy. Ecopetrol S.A. wishes him much success in his new challenges.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt/107% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Likewise, the Board of Directors made the following
appointments in the legal representation:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt/107% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">- David Alfredo Ria&ntilde;o Alarc&oacute;n, Vice
President of Low Emissions Solutions, as legal representative and alternate commercial representative in the first line.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt/107% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 8pt">- Mar&iacute;a Catalina Escobar Hoyos, Corporate Vice President
of Finance and Sustainable Value, as alternate legal and commercial representative in the second line.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt/107% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 8pt">- Nicol&aacute;s Azcu&eacute;naga Ram&iacute;rez, Corporate Vice
President of Strategy and New Businesses, as alternate legal and commercial representative in the third line.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: right"><B>Bogota D.C., April 26, 2024</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 8pt/107% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white"><I>Ecopetrol is the largest
company in Colombia and one of the main integrated energy companies in the American continent, with more than 18,000 employees. In Colombia,
it is responsible for more than 60% of the hydrocarbon production of most transportation, logistics, and hydrocarbon refining systems,
and it holds leading positions in the petrochemicals and gas distribution segments. With the acquisition of 51.4% of ISA&rsquo;s shares,
the company participates in energy transmission, the management of real-time systems (XM), and the Barranquilla - Cartagena coastal highway
concession. At the international level, Ecopetrol has a stake in strategic basins in the American continent, with Drilling and Exploration
operations in the United States (Permian basin and the Gulf of Mexico), Brazil, and Mexico, and, through ISA and its subsidiaries, Ecopetrol
holds leading positions in the power transmission business in Brazil, Chile, Peru, and Bolivia, road concessions in Chile, and the telecommunications
sector. This press release contains business prospect statements, operating and financial result estimates, and statements related to
Ecopetrol's growth prospects. These are all projections and, as such, they are based solely on the expectations of the managers regarding
the future of the company and their continued access to capital to finance the company's business plan. The realization of said estimates
in the future depends on the behavior of market conditions, regulations, competition, and the performance of the Colombian economy and
the industry, among other factors, and are consequently subject to change without prior notice. </I></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 8pt/107% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; background-color: white"><I>This release contains
statements that may be considered forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and Section 21E of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All forward-looking statements, whether made in this
release or in future filings or press releases, or orally, address matters that involve risks and uncertainties, including in respect
of the Company&rsquo;s prospects for growth and its ongoing access to capital to fund the Company&rsquo;s business plan, among others.
Consequently, changes in the following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those included in the
forward-looking statements: market prices of oil &amp; gas, our exploration, and production activities, market conditions, applicable
regulations, the exchange rate, the Company&rsquo;s competitiveness and the performance of Colombia&rsquo;s economy and industry, to mention
a few. We do not intend and do not assume any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.</I></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt/107% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><B>For more information, please contact: </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt/107% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><B>Head of Capital Markets</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt/107% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">Carolina Tovar Arag&oacute;n</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt/107% Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0">Email: <FONT STYLE="color: Blue">investors@ecopetrol.com.co</FONT></P>


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