diff --git a/locksmithctl/locksmithctl.go b/locksmithctl/locksmithctl.go
index db60933..3eaa6ed 100644
--- a/locksmithctl/locksmithctl.go
+++ b/locksmithctl/locksmithctl.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"crypto/x509"
+	"errors"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"strings"
+	"syscall"
 	"text/tabwriter"
 	"time"
 
@@ -216,25 +218,39 @@ func getClient() (*lock.EtcdLockClient, error) {
 		transport.TLSClientConfig = tlsconf
 	}
 
-	cfg := client.Config{
-		Endpoints: globalFlags.Endpoints,
-		Transport: transport,
-		Username:  globalFlags.EtcdUsername,
-		Password:  globalFlags.EtcdPassword,
-	}
+	// This loop is a hack to bring a kind a resilience in case of unreachable endpoint.
+	// It has been shown in the CI (cl.locksmith.cluster) that etcd/v2 recent upgrade has broke the resiliency
+	// of the endpoint.
+	// It can be safely removed once the `etcd` V3 upgrade done.
+	// More details https://github.com/kinvolk/coreos-overlay/pull/1161#issuecomment-891906580.
+	for _, ep := range globalFlags.Endpoints {
+		cfg := client.Config{
+			Endpoints: []string{ep},
+			Transport: transport,
+			Username:  globalFlags.EtcdUsername,
+			Password:  globalFlags.EtcdPassword,
+		}
 
-	ec, err := client.New(cfg)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
+		ec, err := client.New(cfg)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("creating etcd client: %w", err)
+		}
 
-	kapi := client.NewKeysAPI(ec)
+		kapi := client.NewKeysAPI(ec)
 
-	lc, err := lock.NewEtcdLockClient(kapi, globalFlags.Group)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		lc, err := lock.NewEtcdLockClient(kapi, globalFlags.Group)
+		if err != nil {
+			if errors.Is(err, syscall.ECONNREFUSED) {
+				continue
+			}
+
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("creating etcd lock client: %w", err)
+		}
+
+		return lc, nil
 	}
-	return lc, err
+
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("no etcd endpoints available, tried: %s", strings.Join(globalFlags.Endpoints, ","))
 }
 
 // flagsFromEnv parses all registered flags in the given flagSet,