diff --git a/doc/source/conf.py b/doc/source/conf.py
index 252670565ebff0..39acc28451f543 100644
--- a/doc/source/conf.py
+++ b/doc/source/conf.py
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
 if ".dev" in version:
     switcher_version = "dev"
 elif "rc" in version:
-    switcher_version = version.split("rc")[0] + " (rc)"
+    switcher_version = version.split("rc", maxsplit=1)[0] + " (rc)"
 
 html_theme_options = {
     "external_links": [],
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 63c2719b3b0fd5..d087253a462c75 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ disable = [
   "unneeded-not",
   "use-implicit-booleaness-not-comparison",
   "use-implicit-booleaness-not-len",
-  "use-maxsplit-arg",
   "use-sequence-for-iteration",
   "useless-import-alias",
   "wrong-import-order",