diff --git a/tests/framework/e2e/cluster.go b/tests/framework/e2e/cluster.go
index 019bc4aa5f2c..5053ba5f422e 100644
--- a/tests/framework/e2e/cluster.go
+++ b/tests/framework/e2e/cluster.go
@@ -130,8 +130,9 @@ type EtcdProcessCluster struct {
 }
 
 type EtcdProcessClusterConfig struct {
-	Logger  *zap.Logger
-	Version ClusterVersion
+	Logger    *zap.Logger
+	Version   ClusterVersion
+	ForceStop bool
 	// DataDirPath specifies the data-dir for the members. If test cases
 	// do not specify `DataDirPath`, then e2e framework creates a
 	// temporary directory for each member; otherwise, it creates a
@@ -878,6 +879,13 @@ func (epc *EtcdProcessCluster) Stop() (err error) {
 	return err
 }
 
+func (epc *EtcdProcessCluster) ForceStop() (err error) {
+	for _, member := range epc.Procs {
+		member.Kill()
+	}
+	return epc.Stop()
+}
+
 func (epc *EtcdProcessCluster) Client(opts ...config.ClientOption) *EtcdctlV3 {
 	etcdctl, err := NewEtcdctl(epc.Cfg.Client, epc.EndpointsGRPC(), opts...)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -886,9 +894,14 @@ func (epc *EtcdProcessCluster) Client(opts ...config.ClientOption) *EtcdctlV3 {
 	return etcdctl
 }
 
-func (epc *EtcdProcessCluster) Close() error {
+func (epc *EtcdProcessCluster) Close() (err error) {
 	epc.lg.Info("closing test cluster...")
-	err := epc.Stop()
+	if epc.Cfg.ForceStop {
+		err = epc.ForceStop()
+	} else {
+		err = epc.Stop()
+	}
+
 	for _, p := range epc.Procs {
 		// p is nil when NewEtcdProcess fails in the middle
 		// Close still gets called to clean up test data
diff --git a/tests/framework/e2e/e2e.go b/tests/framework/e2e/e2e.go
index f78df57926ea..aa1a7269c90b 100644
--- a/tests/framework/e2e/e2e.go
+++ b/tests/framework/e2e/e2e.go
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ func (e e2eRunner) NewCluster(ctx context.Context, t testing.TB, opts ...config.
 		e2eConfig.Version = e2eClusterCtx.Version
 	}
 
+	if e2eConfig.ClusterSize == 3 {
+		e2eConfig.ForceStop = true
+	}
+
 	switch cfg.ClientTLS {
 	case config.NoTLS:
 		e2eConfig.Client.ConnectionType = ClientNonTLS