diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2ee369ccb..49695dc55 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## Not released
 
 - Fix CategoryWidget values during animation [#230](https://github.com/CartoDB/carto-react/pull/230)
+- Remove lock in CategoryWidget if selected categories change [#231](https://github.com/CartoDB/carto-react/pull/231)
 
 ## 1.1.1 (2021-11-23)
 
diff --git a/packages/react-redux/src/slices/cartoSlice.d.ts b/packages/react-redux/src/slices/cartoSlice.d.ts
index 057388388..97b3a6e97 100644
--- a/packages/react-redux/src/slices/cartoSlice.d.ts
+++ b/packages/react-redux/src/slices/cartoSlice.d.ts
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ export function setBasemap(
 export function addFilter(
   filter: Filter
 ): {
-  type: CartoActions.ADD_LAYER;
+  type: CartoActions.ADD_FILTER;
   payload: Filter;
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/react-ui/src/widgets/CategoryWidgetUI.js b/packages/react-ui/src/widgets/CategoryWidgetUI.js
index 3c79dff34..c851a1912 100644
--- a/packages/react-ui/src/widgets/CategoryWidgetUI.js
+++ b/packages/react-ui/src/widgets/CategoryWidgetUI.js
@@ -300,6 +300,12 @@ function CategoryWidgetUI(props) {
     [maxValue]
   );
 
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (selectedCategories.length === 0) {
+      setBlockedCategories([]);
+    }
+  }, [selectedCategories]);
+
   useEffect(() => {
     if (data) {
       // Ranking