diff --git a/Rules/AlignAssignmentStatement.cs b/Rules/AlignAssignmentStatement.cs
index 083b6dcb5..d66ac1411 100644
--- a/Rules/AlignAssignmentStatement.cs
+++ b/Rules/AlignAssignmentStatement.cs
@@ -191,15 +191,7 @@ private IEnumerable<DiagnosticRecord> FindHashtableViolations(TokenOperations to
                     continue;
                 }
 
-                var widestKeyExtent = extentTuples
-                    .Select(t => t.Item1)
-                    .Aggregate((t1, tAggregate) =>
-                    {
-                        return TokenOperations.GetExtentWidth(tAggregate) > TokenOperations.GetExtentWidth(t1)
-                            ? tAggregate
-                            : t1;
-                    });
-                var expectedStartColumnNumber = widestKeyExtent.EndColumnNumber + 1;
+                var expectedStartColumnNumber = extentTuples.Max(x => x.Item1.EndColumnNumber) + 1;
                 foreach (var extentTuple in extentTuples)
                 {
                     if (extentTuple.Item2.StartColumnNumber != expectedStartColumnNumber)
diff --git a/Tests/Rules/AlignAssignmentStatement.tests.ps1 b/Tests/Rules/AlignAssignmentStatement.tests.ps1
index 31bbfa81d..29a39eeee 100644
--- a/Tests/Rules/AlignAssignmentStatement.tests.ps1
+++ b/Tests/Rules/AlignAssignmentStatement.tests.ps1
@@ -55,6 +55,16 @@ $hashtable = @{
             Test-CorrectionExtentFromContent $def $violations 1 '              ' '       '
         }
 
+        It "Should not crash if property name reaches further to the right than the longest property name (regression test for issue 1067)" {
+            $def = @'
+$hashtable = @{ property1 = "value"
+    anotherProperty       = "another value"
+}
+'@
+
+            $violations = Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer -ScriptDefinition $def -Settings $settings -ErrorAction Stop | Get-Count | Should -Be 0
+        }
+
         It "Should ignore if a hashtable is empty" {
             $def = @'
 $x = @{ }