Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may determine, during a multi-slot downlink transmission, that a mapping from a transmission configuration information (TCI) state index to a first TCJ state configuration has changed to a second TCJ state configuration. The UE may select, based at least in part on the determined change, the first TCJ state configuration or the second TCJ state configuration to use for at least a portion of the multi-slot downlink transmission. The UE may receive the multi-slot downlink transmission during one or more slots according to the selected TCJ state configuration and the TCJ state index.