Read this doc which will explain to you what to do.
https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/buildpacks
Setting a buildpack on an application
You can change the buildpack used by an application by setting the buildpack value.
When the application is next pushed, the new buildpack will be used.$ heroku buildpacks:set heroku/php
Buildpack set. Next release on random-app-1234 will use heroku/php.
Rungit push heroku master
to create a new release using this buildpack.
This is whay its not working for you since you did not set it up.
... When the application is next pushed, the new buildpack will be used.
You may also specify a buildpack during app creation
:
$ heroku create myapp --buildpack heroku/python