diff --git a/packages/braid-design-system/src/lib/components/Column/Column.tsx b/packages/braid-design-system/src/lib/components/Column/Column.tsx
index 09e12f80a37..10b2a9ad044 100644
--- a/packages/braid-design-system/src/lib/components/Column/Column.tsx
+++ b/packages/braid-design-system/src/lib/components/Column/Column.tsx
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export const Column = ({
     mobile: collapseMobile && align !== 'left' ? 'flex' : 'block',
     tablet: collapseTablet && align !== 'left' ? 'flex' : 'block',
     desktop: collapseDesktop && align !== 'left' ? 'flex' : 'block',
-    wide: align !== 'left' ? 'flex' : 'block',
+    wide: 'block',
   } as const;
 
   return (
diff --git a/packages/braid-design-system/src/lib/components/Stack/Stack.screenshots.tsx b/packages/braid-design-system/src/lib/components/Stack/Stack.screenshots.tsx
index 48006422b96..66844bf7432 100644
--- a/packages/braid-design-system/src/lib/components/Stack/Stack.screenshots.tsx
+++ b/packages/braid-design-system/src/lib/components/Stack/Stack.screenshots.tsx
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export const screenshots: ComponentScreenshot = {
     },
     {
       label:
-        'Test - Should flatten fragments (6 placeholders should be evenly spaced)',
+        'Test - Should handle fragments (6 placeholders should be evenly spaced)',
       Container,
       Example: () => (
         <Stack space="small">
diff --git a/packages/braid-design-system/src/lib/utils/collapsibleAlignmentProps.ts b/packages/braid-design-system/src/lib/utils/collapsibleAlignmentProps.ts
index 1d70d1660c2..594c2559a47 100644
--- a/packages/braid-design-system/src/lib/utils/collapsibleAlignmentProps.ts
+++ b/packages/braid-design-system/src/lib/utils/collapsibleAlignmentProps.ts
@@ -64,8 +64,11 @@ export function resolveCollapsibleAlignmentProps({
     wide: justifyContentWide = justifyContentDesktop,
   } = normalizedAlign;
 
+  const resolvedNonCollapsedAlignItems = alignY
+    ? alignYToFlexAlign(alignY) || defaultAlignItems
+    : defaultAlignItems;
   const normalizedAlignY = normalizeResponsiveValue(
-    alignYToFlexAlign(alignY) || defaultAlignItems,
+    resolvedNonCollapsedAlignItems,
   );
   const {
     mobile: alignItemsMobile = defaultAlignItems,
@@ -109,7 +112,7 @@ export function resolveCollapsibleAlignmentProps({
             collapseDesktop ? 'stretch' : alignItemsDesktop,
             alignItemsWide,
           ])
-        : defaultAlignItems,
+        : resolvedNonCollapsedAlignItems,
     },
   } as const;
 }