diff --git a/vendor/magento/module-visual-merchandiser/Model/Rules.php b/vendor/magento/module-visual-merchandiser/Model/Rules.php
index e4a1349b7e2d..d9d045f89142 100644
--- a/vendor/magento/module-visual-merchandiser/Model/Rules.php
+++ b/vendor/magento/module-visual-merchandiser/Model/Rules.php
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ public function getAvailableAttributes()
     protected function addStaticOptions(array &$options)
     {
         $options['category_id'] = __('Clone category ID(s)');
+        $options['category_id'] .= ' (' . __('Deprecated') . ')';
         $options['created_at'] = __('Date Created (days ago)');
         $options['updated_at'] = __('Date Modified (days ago)');
     }
diff --git a/vendor/magento/module-visual-merchandiser/Model/Rules/Rule/CategoryId.php b/vendor/magento/module-visual-merchandiser/Model/Rules/Rule/CategoryId.php
index fe454dede9f8..9a67a2d3c49f 100644
--- a/vendor/magento/module-visual-merchandiser/Model/Rules/Rule/CategoryId.php
+++ b/vendor/magento/module-visual-merchandiser/Model/Rules/Rule/CategoryId.php
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@
 
 class CategoryId extends \Magento\VisualMerchandiser\Model\Rules\Rule
 {
+    /**
+     * @var array
+     */
+    private const OPERATOR_MAP = [
+        'eq' => 'in',
+        'neq' => 'nin',
+    ];
+
     /**
      * @var \Magento\Catalog\Api\CategoryRepositoryInterface
      */
@@ -30,8 +38,7 @@ public function __construct(
     }
 
     /**
-     * @param \Magento\Catalog\Model\ResourceModel\Product\Collection $collection
-     * @return void
+     * @inheritdoc
      */
     public function applyToCollection($collection)
     {
@@ -47,20 +54,23 @@ public function applyToCollection($collection)
                 $this->notices[] = __('Category ID \'%1\' not found', $categoryId);
                 continue;
             }
-            $productsIds = array_merge($productsIds, array_keys($category->getProductsPosition()));
+            $productsIds[] = array_keys($category->getProductsPosition());
         }
+        $productsIds = array_unique(array_merge([], ...$productsIds));
         $collection->addFieldToFilter('entity_id', [
-            'in' => array_unique($productsIds)
+            self::OPERATOR_MAP[$this->_rule['operator']] => $productsIds
         ]);
     }
 
     /**
-     * @return array
+     * @inheritdoc
+     * phpcs:disable Magento2.Functions.StaticFunction
      */
     public static function getOperators()
     {
         return [
-            'eq' => __('Equal')
+            'eq' => __('Equal'),
+            'neq' => __('Not equal'),
         ];
     }
 }
diff --git a/vendor/magento/module-visual-merchandiser/etc/di.xml b/vendor/magento/module-visual-merchandiser/etc/di.xml
index f35d375d8f39..6d55389b119f 100644
--- a/vendor/magento/module-visual-merchandiser/etc/di.xml
+++ b/vendor/magento/module-visual-merchandiser/etc/di.xml
@@ -8,13 +8,14 @@
 
 <config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:ObjectManager/etc/config.xsd">
 
-    <preference for="\Magento\VisualMerchandiser\Api\RuleFactoryPoolInterface" type="\Magento\VisualMerchandiser\Model\RuleFactoryPool" />
+    <preference for="Magento\VisualMerchandiser\Api\RuleFactoryPoolInterface" type="Magento\VisualMerchandiser\Model\RuleFactoryPool" />
 
     <type name="\Magento\VisualMerchandiser\Model\RuleFactoryPool">
         <arguments>
             <argument name="rules" xsi:type="array">
                 <item name="Boolean" xsi:type="object">\Magento\VisualMerchandiser\Model\Rules\Rule\BooleanFactory</item>
                 <item name="CategoryId" xsi:type="object">\Magento\VisualMerchandiser\Model\Rules\Rule\CategoryIdFactory</item>
+                <item name="CategoryIds" xsi:type="object">\Magento\VisualMerchandiser\Model\Rules\Rule\CategoryIdFactory</item>
                 <item name="CreatedAt" xsi:type="object">\Magento\VisualMerchandiser\Model\Rules\Rule\CreatedAtFactory</item>
                 <item name="DaysAgo" xsi:type="object">\Magento\VisualMerchandiser\Model\Rules\Rule\DaysAgoFactory</item>
                 <item name="Literal" xsi:type="object">\Magento\VisualMerchandiser\Model\Rules\Rule\LiteralFactory</item>
diff --git a/vendor/magento/module-visual-merchandiser/i18n/en_US.csv b/vendor/magento/module-visual-merchandiser/i18n/en_US.csv
index 1fe0825039d2..94d5bd0d8436 100644
--- a/vendor/magento/module-visual-merchandiser/i18n/en_US.csv
+++ b/vendor/magento/module-visual-merchandiser/i18n/en_US.csv
@@ -89,4 +89,5 @@ Name,Name
 Price,Price
 SKU,SKU
 Stock,Stock
-"Wait loading...","Wait loading..."
\ No newline at end of file
+"Wait loading...","Wait loading..."
+"Deprecated","Deprecated"
diff --git a/vendor/magento/module-visual-merchandiser/view/adminhtml/web/js/merchandiser.js b/vendor/magento/module-visual-merchandiser/view/adminhtml/web/js/merchandiser.js
index 6d3c12a07f2a..578147fd2d25 100755
--- a/vendor/magento/module-visual-merchandiser/view/adminhtml/web/js/merchandiser.js
+++ b/vendor/magento/module-visual-merchandiser/view/adminhtml/web/js/merchandiser.js
@@ -311,9 +311,13 @@ define([
 
                     element.find('select[name=operator_select] option').show();
 
-                    if (element.find('select[name=attribute_select] option:selected').val() === 'category_id') {
+                    if (
+                        element.find('select[name=attribute_select] option:selected').val() === 'category_id' ||
+                        element.find('select[name=attribute_select] option:selected').val() === 'category_ids'
+                    ) {
                         element.find('select[name=operator_select] option').hide();
                         element.find('select[name=operator_select] option[value=eq]').show();
+                        element.find('select[name=operator_select] option[value=neq]').show();
                     }
 
                     if (