diff --git a/frontend/src/queries/nodes/InsightQuery/utils/cleanProperties.test.ts b/frontend/src/queries/nodes/InsightQuery/utils/cleanProperties.test.ts
index 97c388dd7d9dc..12bc28757ea8b 100644
--- a/frontend/src/queries/nodes/InsightQuery/utils/cleanProperties.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/queries/nodes/InsightQuery/utils/cleanProperties.test.ts
@@ -132,4 +132,26 @@ describe('cleanEntityProperties', () => {
             },
         ])
     })
+
+    it('handles negation for cohorts', () => {
+        let properties: any = [
+            {
+                key: 'id',
+                type: 'cohort',
+                value: 1,
+                operator: 'exact',
+                negation: false,
+            },
+        ]
+        let result = cleanEntityProperties(properties)
+        expect(result).toEqual([{ key: 'id', type: 'cohort', value: 1, operator: 'exact' }])
+
+        properties = [{ key: 'id', type: 'cohort', value: 1, operator: 'exact', negation: true }]
+        result = cleanEntityProperties(properties)
+        expect(result).toEqual([{ key: 'id', type: 'cohort', value: 1, operator: 'not_in' }])
+
+        properties = [{ key: 'id', type: 'cohort', value: 1, negation: true }]
+        result = cleanEntityProperties(properties)
+        expect(result).toEqual([{ key: 'id', type: 'cohort', value: 1, operator: 'not_in' }])
+    })
 })
diff --git a/frontend/src/queries/nodes/InsightQuery/utils/cleanProperties.ts b/frontend/src/queries/nodes/InsightQuery/utils/cleanProperties.ts
index 4474b6423dbf6..82edbfb56cfb9 100644
--- a/frontend/src/queries/nodes/InsightQuery/utils/cleanProperties.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/queries/nodes/InsightQuery/utils/cleanProperties.ts
@@ -142,6 +142,14 @@ const cleanProperty = (property: Record<string, any>): AnyPropertyFilter => {
         delete property['operator']
     }
 
+    // convert `negation` for cohorts
+    if (property['type'] === 'cohort' && property['negation'] !== undefined) {
+        if (property['operator'] === PropertyOperator.Exact && property['negation']) {
+            property['operator'] = PropertyOperator.NotIn
+        }
+        delete property['negation']
+    }
+
     // remove none from values
     if (Array.isArray(property['value'])) {
         property['value'] = property['value'].filter((x) => x !== null)