diff --git a/tests/e2e/splitserver/Vagrantfile b/tests/e2e/splitserver/Vagrantfile
index 40d96d642730..e88aaa01ef6e 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/splitserver/Vagrantfile
+++ b/tests/e2e/splitserver/Vagrantfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ENV['VAGRANT_NO_PARALLEL'] = 'no'
 NODE_ROLES = (ENV['E2E_NODE_ROLES'] ||
-  ["server-etcd-0", "server-cp-0", "server-cp-1", "agent-0"])
+  ["server-etcd-0", "server-etcd-1", "server-etcd-2", "server-cp-0", "server-cp-1", "agent-0"])
 NODE_BOXES = (ENV['E2E_NODE_BOXES'] ||
   ['generic/ubuntu2004', 'generic/ubuntu2004', 'generic/ubuntu2004', 'generic/ubuntu2004', 'generic/ubuntu2004'])
 GITHUB_BRANCH = (ENV['E2E_GITHUB_BRANCH'] || "master")
diff --git a/tests/e2e/splitserver/splitserver_test.go b/tests/e2e/splitserver/splitserver_test.go
index 45debf8e5a5a..70cf99ad073f 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/splitserver/splitserver_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/splitserver/splitserver_test.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import (
 
 // Valid nodeOS: generic/ubuntu2004, opensuse/Leap-15.3.x86_64
 var nodeOS = flag.String("nodeOS", "generic/ubuntu2004", "VM operating system")
-var etcdCount = flag.Int("etcdCount", 1, "number of server nodes only deploying etcd")
+var etcdCount = flag.Int("etcdCount", 3, "number of server nodes only deploying etcd")
 var controlPlaneCount = flag.Int("controlPlaneCount", 1, "number of server nodes acting as control plane")
 var agentCount = flag.Int("agentCount", 1, "number of agent nodes")
 var ci = flag.Bool("ci", false, "running on CI")