diff --git a/src/Markdig.Tests/MiscTests.cs b/src/Markdig.Tests/MiscTests.cs
index ca5ad4c..1dcc9f0 100644
--- a/src/Markdig.Tests/MiscTests.cs
+++ b/src/Markdig.Tests/MiscTests.cs
@@ -346,6 +346,31 @@ $$
         TestParser.TestSpec(input, expected, new MarkdownPipelineBuilder().UseGridTables().Build());
     }
 
+    [Test]
+    public void TestGridTableLastCellWithoutClosingPipe()
+    {
+        // The last cell is open and shorter than the column, and the next line has
+        // a `|` where this one would end: https://github.com/xoofx/markdig/issues/494
+        var input = @"
++-----+----------+
+| 6   |  1
+|     |
++-----+----------+";
+
+        var expected = @"<table>
+<col style=""width:33.33%"" />
+<col style=""width:66.67%"" />
+<tbody>
+<tr>
+<td>6</td>
+<td>1</td>
+</tr>
+</tbody>
+</table>
+";
+        TestParser.TestSpec(input, expected, new MarkdownPipelineBuilder().UseGridTables().Build());
+    }
+
     [Test]
     public void TestDefinitionListInListItemWithBlankLine()
     {
diff --git a/src/Markdig/Extensions/Tables/GridTableParser.cs b/src/Markdig/Extensions/Tables/GridTableParser.cs
index 35de6f1..20aec86 100644
--- a/src/Markdig/Extensions/Tables/GridTableParser.cs
+++ b/src/Markdig/Extensions/Tables/GridTableParser.cs
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ public class GridTableParser : BlockParser
             else
             {
                 var columnEnd = columns[columns.Count - 1].End;
-                var columnEndChar = line.PeekCharExtra(columnEnd);
+                var columnEndChar = line.PeekChar(columnEnd);
                 // If there is a `|` (or a `+` in the case that we are dealing with a row line 
                 // with spanned contents) exactly at the expected end of the table row, we cut the line
                 // otherwise we allow to have the last cell of a row to be open for longer cell content