Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, to techniques for determining quasi co-location (QCL) and/or transmission configuration information (TCI) state assumption information for a dynamic control resource set (CORESET). In some cases, if certain conditions are met, a user equipment (UE) may follow QCL assumptions for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) scheduled by a same PDCCH that indicated the dynamic CORESET. An example method by a UE generally includes receiving at least one downlink control information (DCI), of a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), that schedules at least one dynamic CORESET; and receiving a second PDCCH in the dynamic CORESET, wherein the UE is to apply at least one QCL assumption associated with a PDSCH for the at least one dynamic CORESET if one or more conditions are met.