A heavy-duty pneumatic tire comprises a crown rib and a middle rib. The crown rib is provided with crown sipes crossing the crown rib. The middle rib is provided with middle sipes crossing the middle rib and a middle shallow groove having a smaller depth and a larger width than the middle sipes. The middle shallow groove comprises a circumferential middle shallow groove extending in a tire circumferential direction and lateral middle shallow grooves extending from an axially inner side edge (Ema) of the middle rib to the circumferential middle shallow groove so as to terminate at a position thereof.