As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 16, 2016

Securities Act File No. 333-148826

Investment Company Act File No. 811-22175

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933	[X]

Pre-Effective Amendment No.	
Post Effective Amendment No. 281	[X]

and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

[X]

Amendment No. 282

[X]

(Check appropriate box or boxes)

ALPS ETF TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

1290 Broadway
Suite 1100
Denver, Colorado 80203
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(303) 623-2577
Registrant’s Telephone Number

Abigail Murray, Esq.
ALPS Fund Services, Inc.
1290 Broadway
Suite 1100
Denver, Colorado 80203
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

Copy to:

Stuart M. Strauss, Esq.
Dechert LLP
1095 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10036

It is proposed that this filing will become effective:

[X]		Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
[ ]		On (date) pursuant to paragraph (b)
[ ]		60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
[ ]		75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
[ ]		On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
[ ]		On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.

If appropriate, check the following box:

[ ]

This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment

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 the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 281 of its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Denver, and State of Colorado, on June 16, 2016.

	ALPS ETF TRUST

	By:	/s/ Thomas A. Carter
		Thomas A. Carter
		President

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

Signatures	Title	Date

/s/ Mary K. Anstine	Trustee	June 16, 2016
Mary K. Anstine*

/s/ Jeremy W. Deems	Trustee	June 16, 2016
Jeremy W. Deems*

/s/ Rick A. Pederson	Trustee	June 16, 2016
Rick A. Pederson*

/s/ Thomas A. Carter	Trustee and President	June 16, 2016
Thomas A. Carter

/s/ Patrick D. Buchanan	Treasurer	June 16, 2016
Patrick D. Buchanan

*	Signature affixed by Abigail Murray pursuant to a power of attorney dated June 8, 2015.

EXHIBIT INDEX

Index No.		Description of Exhibit

EX-101.INS		XBRL Instance Document

EX-101.SCH		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

EX-101.CAL		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase

EX-101.DEF		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase

EX-101.LAB		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase

EX-101.PRE		XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase