diff --git a/tests/e2e/cmux_test.go b/tests/e2e/cmux_test.go
index 4f97c2bf224e..0b059d59b0eb 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/cmux_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/cmux_test.go
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -126,7 +128,7 @@ func testConnectionMultiplexing(t *testing.T, ctx context.Context, member e2e.Et
 			}
 			t.Run(tname, func(t *testing.T) {
 				assert.NoError(t, fetchGrpcGateway(httpEndpoint, httpVersion, connType))
-				assert.NoError(t, fetchMetrics(httpEndpoint, httpVersion, connType))
+				assert.NoError(t, fetchMetrics(t, httpEndpoint, httpVersion, connType))
 				assert.NoError(t, fetchVersion(httpEndpoint, httpVersion, connType))
 				assert.NoError(t, fetchHealth(httpEndpoint, httpVersion, connType))
 				assert.NoError(t, fetchDebugVars(httpEndpoint, httpVersion, connType))
@@ -168,12 +170,21 @@ func validateGrpcgatewayRangeReponse(respData []byte) error {
 	return json.Unmarshal(respData, &resp)
 }
 
-func fetchMetrics(endpoint string, httpVersion string, connType e2e.ClientConnType) error {
-	req := e2e.CURLReq{Endpoint: "/metrics", Timeout: 5, HttpVersion: httpVersion}
-	respData, err := curl(endpoint, "GET", req, connType)
-	if err != nil {
+func fetchMetrics(t *testing.T, endpoint string, httpVersion string, connType e2e.ClientConnType) error {
+	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
+	metricFile := filepath.Join(tmpDir, "metrics")
+
+	req := e2e.CURLReq{Endpoint: "/metrics", Timeout: 5, HttpVersion: httpVersion, Output: metricFile}
+	if _, err := curl(endpoint, "GET", req, connType); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
+	rawData, err := os.ReadFile(metricFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to read the metric: %w", err)
+	}
+	respData := string(rawData)
+
 	var parser expfmt.TextParser
 	_, err = parser.TextToMetricFamilies(strings.NewReader(strings.ReplaceAll(respData, "\r\n", "\n")))
 	return err
diff --git a/tests/framework/e2e/curl.go b/tests/framework/e2e/curl.go
index 88a37db151af..e7118003ffc6 100644
--- a/tests/framework/e2e/curl.go
+++ b/tests/framework/e2e/curl.go
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ type CURLReq struct {
 
 	Ciphers     string
 	HttpVersion string
+
+	Output string
 }
 
 func (r CURLReq) timeoutDuration() time.Duration {
@@ -93,6 +95,10 @@ func CURLPrefixArgs(clientURL string, cfg ClientConfig, CN bool, method string,
 		cmdArgs = append(cmdArgs, "--ciphers", req.Ciphers)
 	}
 
+	if req.Output != "" {
+		cmdArgs = append(cmdArgs, "--output", req.Output)
+	}
+
 	switch method {
 	case "POST", "PUT":
 		dt := req.Value