diff --git a/src/core/instance.core.ts b/src/core/instance.core.ts
index a6df3dd9..022cd2cc 100644
--- a/src/core/instance.core.ts
+++ b/src/core/instance.core.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ export class ZoomPanPinch {
 
   public mounted = true;
 
+  public pinchLastCenterX: number | null = null;
+  public pinchLastCenterY: number | null = null;
+
   public transformState: ReactZoomPanPinchState;
   public setup: LibrarySetup;
   public observer?: ResizeObserver;
@@ -180,7 +183,9 @@ export class ZoomPanPinch {
         const currentHeight = contentComponent.offsetHeight;
 
         if (currentWidth > 0 || currentHeight > 0) {
-          this.onInitCallbacks.forEach((callback) => callback(getContext(this)));
+          this.onInitCallbacks.forEach((callback) =>
+            callback(getContext(this)),
+          );
           this.setCenter();
 
           this.observer?.disconnect();
diff --git a/src/core/pinch/pinch.logic.ts b/src/core/pinch/pinch.logic.ts
index 6e88bc77..4390b4d4 100644
--- a/src/core/pinch/pinch.logic.ts
+++ b/src/core/pinch/pinch.logic.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,28 @@ import {
   calculateTouchMidPoint,
   getTouchDistance,
 } from "./pinch.utils";
-import { handleCalculateBounds } from "../bounds/bounds.utils";
+import {
+  getMouseBoundedPosition,
+  handleCalculateBounds,
+} from "../bounds/bounds.utils";
 import { handleCalculateZoomPositions } from "../zoom/zoom.utils";
+import { getPaddingValue } from "../pan/panning.utils";
+
+const getTouchCenter = (event: TouchEvent) => {
+  let totalX = 0;
+  let totalY = 0;
+  // Sum up the positions of all touches
+  for (let i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
+    totalX += event.touches[i].clientX;
+    totalY += event.touches[i].clientY;
+  }
+
+  // Calculate the average position
+  const x = totalX / 2;
+  const y = totalY / 2;
+
+  return { x, y };
+};
 
 export const handlePinchStart = (
   contextInstance: ReactZoomPanPinchContext,
@@ -21,6 +41,10 @@ export const handlePinchStart = (
   contextInstance.pinchStartScale = contextInstance.transformState.scale;
   contextInstance.isPanning = false;
 
+  const center = getTouchCenter(event);
+  contextInstance.pinchLastCenterX = center.x;
+  contextInstance.pinchLastCenterY = center.y;
+
   handleCancelAnimation(contextInstance);
 };
 
@@ -28,9 +52,10 @@ export const handlePinchZoom = (
   contextInstance: ReactZoomPanPinchContext,
   event: TouchEvent,
 ): void => {
-  const { contentComponent, pinchStartDistance } = contextInstance;
+  const { contentComponent, pinchStartDistance, wrapperComponent } =
+    contextInstance;
   const { scale } = contextInstance.transformState;
-  const { limitToBounds, centerZoomedOut, zoomAnimation } =
+  const { limitToBounds, centerZoomedOut, zoomAnimation, alignmentAnimation } =
     contextInstance.setup;
   const { disabled, size } = zoomAnimation;
 
@@ -45,7 +70,15 @@ export const handlePinchZoom = (
   const currentDistance = getTouchDistance(event);
   const newScale = calculatePinchZoom(contextInstance, currentDistance);
 
-  if (newScale === scale) return;
+  const center = getTouchCenter(event);
+  // pan should be scale invariant.
+  const panX = center.x - (contextInstance.pinchLastCenterX || 0);
+  const panY = center.y - (contextInstance.pinchLastCenterY || 0);
+
+  if (newScale === scale && 0 == panX && 0 == panY) return;
+
+  contextInstance.pinchLastCenterX = center.x;
+  contextInstance.pinchLastCenterY = center.y;
 
   const bounds = handleCalculateBounds(contextInstance, newScale);
 
@@ -64,7 +97,23 @@ export const handlePinchZoom = (
   contextInstance.pinchMidpoint = midPoint;
   contextInstance.lastDistance = currentDistance;
 
-  contextInstance.setTransformState(newScale, x, y);
+  const { sizeX, sizeY } = alignmentAnimation;
+  const paddingValueX = getPaddingValue(contextInstance, sizeX);
+  const paddingValueY = getPaddingValue(contextInstance, sizeY);
+
+  const newPositionX = x + panX;
+  const newPositionY = y + panY;
+  const { x: finalX, y: finalY } = getMouseBoundedPosition(
+    newPositionX,
+    newPositionY,
+    bounds,
+    limitToBounds,
+    paddingValueX,
+    paddingValueY,
+    wrapperComponent,
+  );
+
+  contextInstance.setTransformState(newScale, finalX, finalY);
 };
 
 export const handlePinchStop = (