diff --git a/tests/e2e/utl_migrate_test.go b/tests/e2e/utl_migrate_test.go
index 8325e4144..08772fbcd 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/utl_migrate_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/utl_migrate_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package e2e
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -148,7 +149,8 @@ func TestEtctlutlMigrate(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			t.Log("etcdutl migrate...")
-			args := []string{e2e.BinPath.Etcdutl, "migrate", "--data-dir", dataDirPath, "--target-version", tc.targetVersion}
+			memberDataDir := epc.Procs[0].Config().DataDirPath
+			args := []string{e2e.BinPath.Etcdutl, "migrate", "--data-dir", memberDataDir, "--target-version", tc.targetVersion}
 			if tc.force {
 				args = append(args, "--force")
 			}
@@ -158,7 +160,7 @@ func TestEtctlutlMigrate(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			t.Log("etcdutl migrate...")
-			be := backend.NewDefaultBackend(lg, dataDirPath+"/member/snap/db")
+			be := backend.NewDefaultBackend(lg, filepath.Join(memberDataDir, "member/snap/db"))
 			defer be.Close()
 
 			ver := schema.ReadStorageVersion(be.ReadTx())
diff --git a/tests/e2e/v2store_deprecation_test.go b/tests/e2e/v2store_deprecation_test.go
index ee415cc14..b4c855cb1 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/v2store_deprecation_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/v2store_deprecation_test.go
@@ -32,12 +32,13 @@ import (
 	"go.uber.org/zap/zaptest"
 )
 
-func createV2store(t testing.TB, dataDirPath string) {
+func createV2store(t testing.TB, dataDirPath string) string {
 	t.Log("Creating not-yet v2-deprecated etcd")
 
 	cfg := e2e.ConfigStandalone(e2e.EtcdProcessClusterConfig{Version: e2e.LastVersion, EnableV2: true, DataDirPath: dataDirPath, SnapshotCount: 5})
 	epc, err := e2e.NewEtcdProcessCluster(context.TODO(), t, cfg)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	memberDataDir := epc.Procs[0].Config().DataDirPath
 
 	defer func() {
 		assert.NoError(t, epc.Stop())
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ func createV2store(t testing.TB, dataDirPath string) {
 			t.Fatalf("failed put with curl (%v)", err)
 		}
 	}
+	return memberDataDir
 }
 
 func assertVerifyCannotStartV2deprecationWriteOnly(t testing.TB, dataDirPath string) {
@@ -79,16 +81,17 @@ func TestV2DeprecationFlags(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Skipf("%q does not exist", e2e.BinPath.EtcdLastRelease)
 	}
 
+	var memberDataDir string
 	t.Run("create-storev2-data", func(t *testing.T) {
-		createV2store(t, dataDirPath)
+		memberDataDir = createV2store(t, dataDirPath)
 	})
 
 	t.Run("--v2-deprecation=not-yet fails", func(t *testing.T) {
-		assertVerifyCannotStartV2deprecationNotYet(t, dataDirPath)
+		assertVerifyCannotStartV2deprecationNotYet(t, memberDataDir)
 	})
 
 	t.Run("--v2-deprecation=write-only fails", func(t *testing.T) {
-		assertVerifyCannotStartV2deprecationWriteOnly(t, dataDirPath)
+		assertVerifyCannotStartV2deprecationWriteOnly(t, memberDataDir)
 	})
 
 }
@@ -105,17 +108,19 @@ func TestV2DeprecationSnapshotMatches(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	snapshotCount := 10
 	epc := runEtcdAndCreateSnapshot(t, e2e.LastVersion, lastReleaseData, snapshotCount)
+	oldMemberDataDir := epc.Procs[0].Config().DataDirPath
 	cc1, err := e2e.NewEtcdctl(epc.Cfg, epc.EndpointsV3())
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	members1 := addAndRemoveKeysAndMembers(ctx, t, cc1, snapshotCount)
 	assert.NoError(t, epc.Close())
 	epc = runEtcdAndCreateSnapshot(t, e2e.CurrentVersion, currentReleaseData, snapshotCount)
+	newMemberDataDir := epc.Procs[0].Config().DataDirPath
 	cc2, err := e2e.NewEtcdctl(epc.Cfg, epc.EndpointsV3())
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	members2 := addAndRemoveKeysAndMembers(ctx, t, cc2, snapshotCount)
 	assert.NoError(t, epc.Close())
 
-	assertSnapshotsMatch(t, lastReleaseData, currentReleaseData, func(data []byte) []byte {
+	assertSnapshotsMatch(t, oldMemberDataDir, newMemberDataDir, func(data []byte) []byte {
 		// Patch cluster version
 		data = bytes.Replace(data, []byte("3.5.0"), []byte("X.X.X"), -1)
 		data = bytes.Replace(data, []byte("3.6.0"), []byte("X.X.X"), -1)
diff --git a/tests/framework/e2e/cluster.go b/tests/framework/e2e/cluster.go
index be3e98b5c..446a10382 100644
--- a/tests/framework/e2e/cluster.go
+++ b/tests/framework/e2e/cluster.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/url"
 	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -121,8 +122,13 @@ type EtcdProcessCluster struct {
 }
 
 type EtcdProcessClusterConfig struct {
-	Logger      *zap.Logger
-	Version     ClusterVersion
+	Logger  *zap.Logger
+	Version ClusterVersion
+	// 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
+	// subdirectory (e.g. member-0, member-1 and member-2) under the given
+	// `DataDirPath` for each member.
 	DataDirPath string
 	KeepDataDir bool
 	EnvVars     map[string]string
@@ -423,9 +429,17 @@ func (cfg *EtcdProcessClusterConfig) EtcdServerProcessConfig(tb testing.TB, i in
 	purl := url.URL{Scheme: cfg.PeerScheme(), Host: fmt.Sprintf("localhost:%d", port+1)}
 
 	name := fmt.Sprintf("%s-test-%d", testNameCleanRegex.ReplaceAllString(tb.Name(), ""), i)
+
 	dataDirPath := cfg.DataDirPath
 	if cfg.DataDirPath == "" {
 		dataDirPath = tb.TempDir()
+	} else {
+		// When test cases specify the DataDirPath and there are more than
+		// one member in the cluster, we need to create a subdirectory for
+		// each member to avoid conflict.
+		// We also create a subdirectory for one-member cluster, because we
+		// support dynamically adding new member.
+		dataDirPath = filepath.Join(cfg.DataDirPath, fmt.Sprintf("member-%d", i))
 	}
 
 	args := []string{