Certain aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may determine whether to perform a beam pair refinement procedure with regard to the UE and a base station; and/or transmit, to the base station, information regarding whether to perform the beam pair refinement procedure. In some aspects, a base station may receive, from a UE, information regarding a beam pair refinement procedure with regard to the UE; and/or perform the beam pair refinement procedure based at least in part on the information. Numerous other aspects are provided.