diff --git a/swift/Sources/FlatBuffers/FlatBufferBuilder.swift b/swift/Sources/FlatBuffers/FlatBufferBuilder.swift
index cbbd4595f2..c3d2a74fb0 100644
--- a/swift/Sources/FlatBuffers/FlatBufferBuilder.swift
+++ b/swift/Sources/FlatBuffers/FlatBufferBuilder.swift
@@ -303,12 +303,12 @@ public struct FlatBufferBuilder {
     var isAlreadyAdded: Int?
 
     let vt2 = _bb.memory.advanced(by: _bb.writerIndex)
-    let len2 = vt2.load(fromByteOffset: 0, as: Int16.self)
+    let len2 = vt2.bindMemory(to: Int16.self, capacity: 1).pointee
 
     for index in stride(from: 0, to: _vtables.count, by: 1) {
       let position = _bb.capacity &- Int(_vtables[index])
       let vt1 = _bb.memory.advanced(by: position)
-      let len1 = _bb.read(def: Int16.self, position: position)
+      let len1 = vt1.bindMemory(to: Int16.self, capacity: 1).pointee
       if len2 != len1 || 0 != memcmp(vt1, vt2, Int(len2)) { continue }
 
       isAlreadyAdded = Int(_vtables[index])
diff --git a/tests/swift/Tests/Flatbuffers/FlatBuffersTests.swift b/tests/swift/Tests/Flatbuffers/FlatBuffersTests.swift
index e2971d274b..896c4145fe 100644
--- a/tests/swift/Tests/Flatbuffers/FlatBuffersTests.swift
+++ b/tests/swift/Tests/Flatbuffers/FlatBuffersTests.swift
@@ -120,6 +120,22 @@ final class FlatBuffersTests: XCTestCase {
     XCTAssertEqual(scalarTable.justEnum, .one)
     XCTAssertNil(scalarTable.maybeEnum)
   }
+
+  func testAlignmentCrash() {
+      var builder = FlatBufferBuilder(initialSize: 256)
+
+      // Create two identical tables to trigger vtable deduplication
+      let str1 = builder.create(string: "test")
+      let start1 = builder.startTable(with: 1)
+      builder.add(offset: str1, at: 0)
+      _ = builder.endTable(at: start1)
+
+      // Second table triggers vtable comparison where crash occurs
+      let str2 = builder.create(string: "crash")
+      let start2 = builder.startTable(with: 1)
+      builder.add(offset: str2, at: 0)
+      _ = builder.endTable(at: start2) // ← Crashes here on ARM64
+  }
 }
 
 class Country {