diff --git a/lib/java/com/google/android/material/slider/BaseSlider.java b/lib/java/com/google/android/material/slider/BaseSlider.java
index 1c4c2e770f7..a5aeeb0f3cb 100644
--- a/lib/java/com/google/android/material/slider/BaseSlider.java
+++ b/lib/java/com/google/android/material/slider/BaseSlider.java
@@ -1943,7 +1943,7 @@ public boolean onTouchEvent(@NonNull MotionEvent event) {
 
         // If we're inside a vertical scrolling container,
         // we should start dragging in ACTION_MOVE
-        if (isInVerticalScrollingContainer()) {
+        if (isPotentialVerticalScroll(event)) {
           break;
         }
 
@@ -1964,7 +1964,7 @@ public boolean onTouchEvent(@NonNull MotionEvent event) {
       case MotionEvent.ACTION_MOVE:
         if (!thumbIsPressed) {
           // Check if we're trying to scroll vertically instead of dragging this Slider
-          if (isInVerticalScrollingContainer() && abs(x - touchDownX) < scaledTouchSlop) {
+          if (isPotentialVerticalScroll(event) && abs(x - touchDownX) < scaledTouchSlop) {
             return false;
           }
           getParent().requestDisallowInterceptTouchEvent(true);
@@ -1996,6 +1996,7 @@ && abs(lastEvent.getY() - event.getY()) <= scaledTouchSlop) {
 
         if (activeThumbIdx != -1) {
           snapTouchPosition();
+          updateHaloHotspot();
           activeThumbIdx = -1;
           onStopTrackingTouch();
         }
@@ -2347,6 +2348,14 @@ private boolean isInVerticalScrollingContainer() {
     return false;
   }
 
+  private static boolean isMouseEvent(MotionEvent event) {
+    return event.getToolType(0) == MotionEvent.TOOL_TYPE_MOUSE;
+  }
+
+  private boolean isPotentialVerticalScroll(MotionEvent event) {
+    return !isMouseEvent(event) && isInVerticalScrollingContainer();
+  }
+
   @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
   private void dispatchOnChangedProgrammatically() {
     for (L listener : changeListeners) {