ANALYZE locks pg_listener in EXCLUSIVE for long time?

We are seeing occasional long lockouts from out DB. When I do a 'select *
from pg_locks', I find that everybody is waiting for pg_listener, and that
the lock on pg_listener is currently held by a long-running ANALYZE VERBOSE.

I saw the following in the change logs (not sure if it's relevant):

should have gotten this notify. But to do that, we'd have to wait
to see if he commits or not, or make UNLISTEN hold exclusive lock
on pg_listener until commit. Either of these answers is
deadlock-prone, not to mention horrible for interactive
performance. Do it this way for now. (What happened to that
project to do LISTEN/NOTIFY in memory with no table, anyway?)

Does this mean that ANALYZE will take an exclusive lock on pg_listener
until the ANALYZE finishes? Or is there some other cause?

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated...

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