diff --git a/lib/marquee.dart b/lib/marquee.dart
index f35261b..ef324d3 100644
--- a/lib/marquee.dart
+++ b/lib/marquee.dart
@@ -569,6 +569,7 @@ class _MarqueeState extends State<Marquee> with SingleTickerProviderStateMixin {
   @override
   void dispose() {
     _running = false;
+    _controller.dispose();
     super.dispose();
   }
 
@@ -730,8 +731,13 @@ class _MarqueeState extends State<Marquee> with SingleTickerProviderStateMixin {
       physics: NeverScrollableScrollPhysics(),
       itemBuilder: (_, i) {
         final text = i.isEven
-            ? Text(widget.text,
-                style: widget.style, textScaleFactor: widget.textScaleFactor)
+            ? Text(
+                widget.text,
+                style: widget.style,
+                textScaler: widget.textScaleFactor != null
+                    ? TextScaler.linear(widget.textScaleFactor!)
+                    : null,
+              )
             : _buildBlankSpace();
         return alignment == null
             ? text
diff --git a/pubspec.yaml b/pubspec.yaml
index 62f10f6..a767c62 100644
--- a/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 name: marquee
-description: 'A Flutter widget that scrolls text infinitely. Provides many
+description: "A Flutter widget that scrolls text infinitely. Provides many
   customizations including custom scroll directions, durations, curves as well
-  as pauses after every round.'
-version: 2.2.3
+  as pauses after every round."
+version: 2.3.0
 repository: https://github.com/MarcelGarus/marquee
 
 environment:
-  flutter: '>=3.0.0'
-  sdk: '>=2.17.0 <3.0.0'
-
+  flutter: ">=3.0.0"
+  sdk: "^3.5.0"
 dependencies:
-  fading_edge_scrollview: ^3.0.0
+  fading_edge_scrollview: ^4.1.1
   flutter:
     sdk: flutter