In this note, we consider the homogenization of the compressible Navier-Stokes equations in a periodically perforated domain in $${{\,\mathrm{{\mathbb {R}}}\,}}^3$$
R
3
. Assuming that the particle size scales like $$\varepsilon ^3$$
ε
3
, where $$\varepsilon >0$$
ε
>
0
is their mutual distance, and that the Mach number decreases fast enough, we show that in the limit $$\varepsilon \rightarrow 0$$
ε
→
0
, the velocity and density converge to a solution of the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations with Brinkman term. We strongly follow the methods of Höfer, Kowalczyk and Schwarzacher [https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218202521500391], where they proved convergence to Darcy’s law for the particle size scaling like $$\varepsilon ^\alpha $$
ε
α
with $$\alpha \in (1,3)$$
α
∈
(
1
,
3
)
.