Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A base station may identify one or more first user equipments (UEs) that have been configured for grant-free transmissions on an allocation of resources. In some cases, the base station may then schedule an uplink transmission for a second UE on resources that overlap the allocation of resources. Accordingly, the base station may transmit a power adjustment indication (PAI) to the one or more first UEs to adjust a transmit power for uplink transmissions on the overlapping resources. In some cases, the PAI may include an indication of frequency-domain resources for the power adjustment indicated in the PAI, a specified time duration for the power adjustment indicated in the PAI, an indication of specific uplink transmissions to which the transmit power adjustment is to be applied, or a combination thereof.