diff --git a/docs/changelog.md b/docs/changelog.md
index 6413faf5..c78444e3 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.md
+++ b/docs/changelog.md
@@ -2,6 +2,14 @@
 
 ## Version 1.1.0
 
+### 1.1.0-beta02
+
+2023-09-15
+
+#### Bug fixes
+
+- Fixed wrong scrolling behavior when the `app:spanCount` attribute is used for grids ([#162](https://github.com/rubensousa/DpadRecyclerView/issues/162))
+
 ### 1.1.0-beta01
 
 2023-09-10
diff --git a/dpadrecyclerview/src/androidTest/kotlin/com/rubensousa/dpadrecyclerview/layoutmanager/PivotLayoutManagerTest.kt b/dpadrecyclerview/src/androidTest/kotlin/com/rubensousa/dpadrecyclerview/layoutmanager/PivotLayoutManagerTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fb1d7f5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dpadrecyclerview/src/androidTest/kotlin/com/rubensousa/dpadrecyclerview/layoutmanager/PivotLayoutManagerTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package com.rubensousa.dpadrecyclerview.layoutmanager
+
+import androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView.LayoutManager.Properties
+import com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat
+import org.junit.Test
+
+class PivotLayoutManagerTest  {
+
+    @Test
+    fun testDefaultSpanCountIsSetThroughConstructor() {
+        val properties = Properties()
+        properties.spanCount = 5
+        val pivotLayoutManager = PivotLayoutManager(properties)
+        assertThat(pivotLayoutManager.getSpanCount()).isEqualTo(properties.spanCount)
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/dpadrecyclerview/src/main/java/com/rubensousa/dpadrecyclerview/layoutmanager/PivotLayoutManager.kt b/dpadrecyclerview/src/main/java/com/rubensousa/dpadrecyclerview/layoutmanager/PivotLayoutManager.kt
index 4a673192..e94694ba 100644
--- a/dpadrecyclerview/src/main/java/com/rubensousa/dpadrecyclerview/layoutmanager/PivotLayoutManager.kt
+++ b/dpadrecyclerview/src/main/java/com/rubensousa/dpadrecyclerview/layoutmanager/PivotLayoutManager.kt
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import android.os.Parcelable
 import android.util.AttributeSet
 import android.view.View
 import android.view.ViewGroup
+import androidx.annotation.VisibleForTesting
 import androidx.core.view.accessibility.AccessibilityNodeInfoCompat
 import androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
 import com.rubensousa.dpadrecyclerview.ChildAlignment
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ class PivotLayoutManager(properties: Properties) : RecyclerView.LayoutManager()
     private val layoutInfo = LayoutInfo(this, configuration)
     private val pivotSelector = PivotSelector(this, layoutInfo)
     private val layoutAlignment = LayoutAlignment(this, layoutInfo)
-    private val spanFocusFinder = SpanFocusFinder()
+    private val spanFocusFinder = SpanFocusFinder(configuration)
     private val scroller = LayoutScroller(
         this, layoutInfo, layoutAlignment, configuration, pivotSelector, spanFocusFinder
     )
@@ -396,7 +397,7 @@ class PivotLayoutManager(properties: Properties) : RecyclerView.LayoutManager()
     fun setSpanCount(spanCount: Int) {
         if (configuration.spanCount != spanCount) {
             configuration.setSpanCount(spanCount)
-            spanFocusFinder.setSpanCount(spanCount)
+            spanFocusFinder.clearSpanCache()
             pivotLayout.updateStructure()
             requestLayout()
         }
@@ -407,7 +408,7 @@ class PivotLayoutManager(properties: Properties) : RecyclerView.LayoutManager()
     fun setSpanSizeLookup(spanSizeLookup: DpadSpanSizeLookup) {
         if (spanSizeLookup !== configuration.spanSizeLookup) {
             configuration.setSpanSizeLookup(spanSizeLookup)
-            spanFocusFinder.setSpanCount(configuration.spanCount)
+            spanFocusFinder.clearSpanCache()
             requestLayout()
         }
     }
@@ -570,4 +571,9 @@ class PivotLayoutManager(properties: Properties) : RecyclerView.LayoutManager()
         }
     }
 
+    @VisibleForTesting
+    internal fun getFocusFinderSpanCount(): Int {
+        return spanFocusFinder.spanCount
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/dpadrecyclerview/src/main/java/com/rubensousa/dpadrecyclerview/layoutmanager/focus/SpanFocusFinder.kt b/dpadrecyclerview/src/main/java/com/rubensousa/dpadrecyclerview/layoutmanager/focus/SpanFocusFinder.kt
index 59917117..0ed3e737 100644
--- a/dpadrecyclerview/src/main/java/com/rubensousa/dpadrecyclerview/layoutmanager/focus/SpanFocusFinder.kt
+++ b/dpadrecyclerview/src/main/java/com/rubensousa/dpadrecyclerview/layoutmanager/focus/SpanFocusFinder.kt
@@ -18,18 +18,20 @@ package com.rubensousa.dpadrecyclerview.layoutmanager.focus
 
 import androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
 import com.rubensousa.dpadrecyclerview.DpadSpanSizeLookup
+import com.rubensousa.dpadrecyclerview.layoutmanager.LayoutConfiguration
 
 /**
  * Holds information about the previous focused spanIndex on all spanGroups
  */
-internal class SpanFocusFinder {
+internal class SpanFocusFinder(private val configuration: LayoutConfiguration) {
+
+    val spanCount: Int
+        get() = configuration.spanCount
 
-    private var spanCount = 1
     private var cachedSpanIndex = RecyclerView.NO_POSITION
     private var cachedSpanSize = 1
 
-    fun setSpanCount(newSpanCount: Int) {
-        spanCount = newSpanCount
+    fun clearSpanCache() {
         cachedSpanIndex = RecyclerView.NO_POSITION
         cachedSpanSize = 1
     }
diff --git a/dpadrecyclerview/src/test/java/com/rubensousa/dpadrecyclerview/test/layoutmanager/focus/SpanFocusFinderTest.kt b/dpadrecyclerview/src/test/java/com/rubensousa/dpadrecyclerview/test/layoutmanager/focus/SpanFocusFinderTest.kt
index ede7aeb3..db952973 100644
--- a/dpadrecyclerview/src/test/java/com/rubensousa/dpadrecyclerview/test/layoutmanager/focus/SpanFocusFinderTest.kt
+++ b/dpadrecyclerview/src/test/java/com/rubensousa/dpadrecyclerview/test/layoutmanager/focus/SpanFocusFinderTest.kt
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package com.rubensousa.dpadrecyclerview.test.layoutmanager.focus
 import androidx.recyclerview.widget.RecyclerView
 import com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat
 import com.rubensousa.dpadrecyclerview.DpadSpanSizeLookup
+import com.rubensousa.dpadrecyclerview.layoutmanager.LayoutConfiguration
 import com.rubensousa.dpadrecyclerview.layoutmanager.focus.SpanFocusFinder
 import org.junit.Before
 import org.junit.Test
@@ -26,13 +27,17 @@ import org.junit.Test
 class SpanFocusFinderTest {
 
     private val itemCount = 1000
-    private var spanCount = 5
-    private val finder = SpanFocusFinder()
+    private val configuration = LayoutConfiguration(RecyclerView.LayoutManager.Properties().apply {
+        spanCount = 5
+    })
+    private val spanCount: Int
+        get() = configuration.spanCount
+    private val finder = SpanFocusFinder(configuration)
     private val headerPosition = 0
     private val headerSpanSizeLookup = object : DpadSpanSizeLookup() {
         override fun getSpanSize(position: Int): Int {
             return if (position == headerPosition) {
-                spanCount
+                configuration.spanCount
             } else {
                 1
             }
@@ -40,18 +45,18 @@ class SpanFocusFinderTest {
     }
     private val multipleHeadersLookup = object : DpadSpanSizeLookup() {
         override fun getSpanSize(position: Int): Int {
-            return if (position.rem(spanCount + 1) == 0 || position == 0) {
-                spanCount
+            return if (position.rem(configuration.spanCount + 1) == 0 || position == 0) {
+                configuration.spanCount
             } else {
                 1
             }
         }
     }
-    private val secondHeaderPosition = spanCount + 1
+    private val secondHeaderPosition = configuration.spanCount + 1
 
     @Before
     fun setup() {
-        finder.setSpanCount(newSpanCount = spanCount)
+        finder.clearSpanCache()
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -357,10 +362,10 @@ class SpanFocusFinderTest {
 
     @Test
     fun `finding next position does not query span size out of bounds`() {
-        spanCount = 3
-        finder.setSpanCount(spanCount)
+        configuration.setSpanCount(3)
+        finder.clearSpanCache()
         val spanSizeQueries = mutableSetOf<Int>()
-        val spanSizeLookup = object: DpadSpanSizeLookup() {
+        val spanSizeLookup = object : DpadSpanSizeLookup() {
             override fun getSpanSize(position: Int): Int {
                 spanSizeQueries.add(position)
                 return 1
@@ -383,10 +388,10 @@ class SpanFocusFinderTest {
 
     @Test
     fun `finding previous position does not query span size out of bounds`() {
-        spanCount = 3
-        finder.setSpanCount(spanCount)
+        configuration.setSpanCount(3)
+        finder.clearSpanCache()
         val spanSizeQueries = mutableSetOf<Int>()
-        val spanSizeLookup = object: DpadSpanSizeLookup() {
+        val spanSizeLookup = object : DpadSpanSizeLookup() {
             override fun getSpanSize(position: Int): Int {
                 spanSizeQueries.add(position)
                 return 1
@@ -407,5 +412,10 @@ class SpanFocusFinderTest {
         assertThat(spanSizeQueries).contains(0)
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `span count is derived from the layout configuration`() {
+        configuration.setSpanCount(10)
+        assertThat(finder.spanCount).isEqualTo(10)
+    }
 
 }
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 32744afa..6d628f06 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ kotlin.code.style=official
 # thereby reducing the size of the R class for that library
 android.nonTransitiveRClass=true
 android.enableR8.fullMode=true
-LIBRARY_VERSION=1.1.0-beta01
\ No newline at end of file
+LIBRARY_VERSION=1.1.0-beta02
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
index 0004ef3d..0db391ff 100644
--- a/mkdocs.yml
+++ b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ theme:
 
 extra:
   dpadrecyclerview:
-    version: '1.1.0-alpha03'
+    version: '1.1.0-beta02'
   social:
     - icon: 'fontawesome/brands/github'
       link: 'https://github.com/rubensousa/DpadRecyclerView'