Sliding shoe for a sliding roof of a vehicle, which shoe is connected to a displaceable roof component and is arranged so as to be longitudinally movable in a guide channel of a guide rail. The guide channel has parallel upper and lower boundary faces and a lateral boundary face on one of its sides. The sliding shoe is guided between the upper and the lower boundary face with spring prestressing. The sliding shoe bears on the side facing the lateral boundary face of the guide channel at least one spring element with which it is also supported on the lateral boundary face with spring prestressing. <IMAGE>