diff --git a/tests/e2e/ctl_v3_auth_cluster_test.go b/tests/e2e/ctl_v3_auth_cluster_test.go
index 0e483578961f..979a93b33eb0 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/ctl_v3_auth_cluster_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/ctl_v3_auth_cluster_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 
 	clientv3 "go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v3"
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/tests/v3/framework/config"
@@ -37,12 +40,11 @@ func TestAuthCluster(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("could not enable Auth: (%v)", err)
 	}
 
-	numKeys := 10
 	testUserClientOpts := e2e.WithAuth("test", "testPassword")
 	rootUserClientOpts := e2e.WithAuth("root", "rootPassword")
 
 	// write more than SnapshotCount keys to single leader to make sure snapshot is created
-	for i := 0; i <= numKeys; i++ {
+	for i := 0; i <= 10; i++ {
 		if err := epc.Client(testUserClientOpts).Put(ctx, fmt.Sprintf("/test/%d", i), "test", config.PutOptions{}); err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("failed to Put (%v)", err)
 		}
@@ -54,37 +56,31 @@ func TestAuthCluster(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// make sure writes to both endpoints are successful
+	endpoints := epc.EndpointsV3()
+	assert.Equal(t, len(endpoints), 2)
 	for _, endpoint := range epc.EndpointsV3() {
 		if err := epc.Client(testUserClientOpts, e2e.WithEndpoints([]string{endpoint})).Put(ctx, "/test/key", endpoint, config.PutOptions{}); err != nil {
 			t.Fatalf("failed to write to Put to %q (%v)", endpoint, err)
 		}
-		numKeys++
-	}
-
-	// verify cluster state is consistent
-	hashKvs, err := epc.Client(rootUserClientOpts).HashKV(ctx, int64(numKeys))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("could not HashKV (%v)", err)
 	}
 
-	revisionSet := false
-	var revision int64
-	var hash uint32
-	for _, v := range hashKvs {
-		if !revisionSet {
-			revision = v.Header.GetRevision()
-			hash = v.Hash
-			revisionSet = true
-			continue
+	// verify all nodes have exact same revision and hash
+	assert.Eventually(t, func() bool {
+		hashKvs, err := epc.Client(rootUserClientOpts).HashKV(ctx, 0)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("failed to get HashKV: %v", err)
+			return false
 		}
-		if revision != v.Header.GetRevision() || hash != v.Hash {
-			t.Errorf("Inconsistent revisions found:")
-			for _, v := range hashKvs {
-				t.Errorf("%+v", v)
-			}
-			t.Fail()
+
+		assert.Equal(t, 2, len(hashKvs))
+		if hashKvs[0].Header.Revision != hashKvs[1].Header.Revision {
+			t.Errorf("The two members' revision (%d, %d) are not equal", hashKvs[0].Header.Revision, hashKvs[1].Header.Revision)
+			return false
 		}
-	}
+		assert.Equal(t, hashKvs[0].Hash, hashKvs[1].Hash)
+		return true
+	}, time.Second*5, time.Millisecond*100)
+
 }
 
 func createUsers(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, client *e2e.EtcdctlV3) {
diff --git a/tests/framework/e2e/etcdctl.go b/tests/framework/e2e/etcdctl.go
index 76e67ad937e9..7addd9e23272 100644
--- a/tests/framework/e2e/etcdctl.go
+++ b/tests/framework/e2e/etcdctl.go
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ func (ctl *EtcdctlV3) HashKV(ctx context.Context, rev int64) ([]*clientv3.HashKV
 		Endpoint string
 		HashKV   *clientv3.HashKVResponse
 	}
-	err := ctl.spawnJsonCmd(ctx, &epHashKVs, "endpoint", "hashkv", "--endpoints", strings.Join(ctl.endpoints, ","), "--rev", fmt.Sprint(rev))
+	err := ctl.spawnJsonCmd(ctx, &epHashKVs, "endpoint", "hashkv", "--rev", fmt.Sprint(rev))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}