This disclosure describes systems, methods, and devices related to avoiding overlapping uplink transmissions. A user equipment (UE) device may identify a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmission and a second PDCCH transmission received from a 5th Generation node (gNB) device; determine, based on the first PDCCH transmission, that the UE device is to transmit a first physical uplink control channel transmission to the gNB device; determine, based on the second PDCCH transmission, that the UE device is to transmit a second physical uplink control channel transmission to the gNB device at a time overlapping the first physical uplink control channel transmission; set a time period after the second PDCCH transmission and during which the UE device is to refrain from transmitting the second physical uplink control channel transmission to the gNB device; and transmit the second physical uplink control channel transmission to the gNB device after the time period.