Exhibit 3.1

CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
OF THE
THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
HEAT BIOLOGICS, INC.

Heat Biologics, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), does hereby certify:

1. The Board of Directors of the Corporation has duly adopted a resolution pursuant to Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware setting forth a proposed amendment to the Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation and declaring said amendment to be advisable. The requisite stockholders of the Corporation have duly approved said proposed amendment in accordance with Section 242 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. The amendment amends the Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation as follows:

Article IV is hereby amended by deleting the first paragraph of Article IV and replacing such paragraph with the following paragraph:

“The total number of shares of all classes of capital stock which the Corporation is authorized to issue is 110,000,000 shares, consisting of 100,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0002 per share (the “Common Stock”), and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”).

2. This Certificate of Amendment shall be effective immediately.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation to be signed by Jeffrey Wolf, its Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, this 13^th day of July, 2017.