diff --git a/.github/workflows/pylint.yml b/.github/workflows/pylint.yml
index bdf42306..f7dad81d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pylint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pylint.yml
@@ -23,21 +23,31 @@ jobs:
           echo "SHA=$(git rev-parse "$GITHUB_SHA")" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         id: git
 
-      - name: Switch to main branch
+      - name: Get RC branch name
+        run: |
+          git fetch --all
+          EOF=$(dd if=/dev/urandom bs=15 count=1 status=none | base64)
+          echo "RC_BRANCH<<$EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "$(git branch -r --list 'origin/RC*' --sort=-committerdate | head -n 1 | sed 's/origin\///' | xargs)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "$EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        id: branch_name
+
+      - name: Checkout RC branch
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
-          ref: main
+          ref: ${{ steps.branch_name.outputs.RC_BRANCH }}
 
       - name: Install tobac and pylint 
         run: |
           pip install .
           pip install --upgrade pylint
-      - name: Get pylint score of main branch
+          
+      - name: Get pylint score of RC branch
         run: |
           pylint tobac --disable=C --exit-zero
         id: main_score
 
-      - name: Switch to PR branch
+      - name: Checkout PR branch
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           ref: "${{ steps.git.outputs.SHA}}"  
@@ -62,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
             Linting results by Pylint:
             --------------------------
             ${{ steps.pr_score.outputs.MESSAGE}}
-            <sub>The linting score is an indicator that reflects how well your code version follows Pylint’s coding standards and quality metrics with respect to the main branch.
+            <sub>The linting score is an indicator that reflects how well your code version follows Pylint’s coding standards and quality metrics with respect to the ${{ steps.branch_name.outputs.RC_BRANCH}} branch.
             A decrease usually indicates your new code does not fully meet style guidelines or has potential errors.<sup>
           repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           repo-token-user-login: 'github-actions[bot]' # The user.login for temporary GitHub token