diff --git a/cypress/integration/rendering/xyChart.spec.js b/cypress/integration/rendering/xyChart.spec.js
index 85d998c50..49e435ba2 100644
--- a/cypress/integration/rendering/xyChart.spec.js
+++ b/cypress/integration/rendering/xyChart.spec.js
@@ -319,4 +319,16 @@ describe('XY Chart', () => {
     );
     cy.get('svg');
   });
+  it('should use the correct distances between data points', () => {
+    imgSnapshotTest(
+      `
+      xychart-beta
+        x-axis 0 --> 2
+        line [0, 1, 0, 1]
+        bar [1, 0, 1, 0]
+      `,
+      {}
+    );
+    cy.get('svg');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/xychart/xychartDb.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/xychart/xychartDb.ts
index 637477f28..23b90724c 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/xychart/xychartDb.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/xychart/xychartDb.ts
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ function transformDataWithoutCategory(data: number[]): SimplePlotDataType {
   if (isLinearAxisData(xyChartData.xAxis)) {
     const min = xyChartData.xAxis.min;
     const max = xyChartData.xAxis.max;
-    const step = (max - min + 1) / data.length;
+    const step = (max - min) / (data.length - 1);
     const categories: string[] = [];
     for (let i = min; i <= max; i += step) {
       categories.push(`${i}`);