diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 7ac826b..ec452ef 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 Below is a complete listing of changes for each revision of HighLine.
 
+### 3.1.2 / 2025-01-05
+* PR #278 - Prevent ArgumentError for #col_count_calculate when items exceed 80 chars (@davidjkling, @justintsteele)
+
 ### 3.1.1 / 2024-08-18
 * PR #276 - Update #say to always flush the output after a #puts (@blipper)
 * PR #274 / I #273 (@costa)
diff --git a/lib/highline/list_renderer.rb b/lib/highline/list_renderer.rb
index 5446ea5..cbd161e 100644
--- a/lib/highline/list_renderer.rb
+++ b/lib/highline/list_renderer.rb
@@ -236,8 +236,8 @@ def row_join_str_size
     end
 
     def col_count_calculate
-      (line_size_limit + row_join_str_size) /
-        (items_max_length + row_join_str_size)
+      result = (line_size_limit + row_join_str_size) / (items_max_length + row_join_str_size)
+      result == 0 ? 1 : result
     end
 
     def col_count
diff --git a/lib/highline/version.rb b/lib/highline/version.rb
index 833ce3f..10851f6 100644
--- a/lib/highline/version.rb
+++ b/lib/highline/version.rb
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 
 class HighLine
   # The version of the installed library.
-  VERSION = "3.1.1".freeze
+  VERSION = "3.1.2".freeze
 end
diff --git a/test/test_highline.rb b/test/test_highline.rb
index bd420c5..c9a4883 100755
--- a/test/test_highline.rb
+++ b/test/test_highline.rb
@@ -1024,6 +1024,17 @@ def test_lists
 
     @output.truncate(@output.rewind)
 
+    colums_of_81 = ["1234567890" * (81 / 10) + "1"]
+
+    @terminal.say("<%= list(#{colums_of_81.inspect}, :columns_down) %>")
+    assert_equal("1234567890123456789" \
+                  "01234567890123456789" \
+                  "01234567890123456789" \
+                  "0123456789012345678901\n",
+                 @output.string)
+
+    @output.truncate(@output.rewind)
+
     @terminal.say("<%= list(#{digits.inspect}, :columns_across, 3) %>")
     assert_equal("Zero   One    Two  \n" \
                   "Three  Four   Five \n" \